Slip-Sliding Away

Slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away
You know the nearer the destination the more you’re slip-sliding away
And I know a man, he came from my home town
He wore this bad shirt for his woman like a thorny crown
He said, «Dolores, I live in fear»
«My love for you is so overpowering I’m afraid that I will disappear»
He’s slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away
You know the nearer the destination the more you’re slip-sliding away
And I know a woman, became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
She says, «A good day ain’t got not rain»
She said, «A bad day is when I lie in bed and think of things that might’ve
been»
She’s slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away
You know the nearer the destination the more you’re slip-sliding away
You’re slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away
You know the nearer the destination the more you’re slip-sliding away
Mmhmmm
And I know a father who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d done
He came a long way just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping and he turned around and headed home again
He’s slip-sliding, slip-sliding away
You know the nearer the destination the more you’re slip-sliding away
Slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away
You know the nearer the destination the more you’re slip-sliding away