Slip sliding away,
slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destiny,
the more you slip sliding away
I know a man, he came from my hometown
He wore his passion for his woman
like a thorny crown
He said, Dolores, I live in fear
A love unused or empowered,
I'm afraid I'll disappear
Slip -sliding away, slip -sliding away
You know the nearer your destination,
the I you slip sliding away
I know a wo man
Became a wife
These are the very words
she used to describe her life
She says a good day
Ain't got no rain
She says her bad days are when I lie in bed
and think of things that might have been
Slip sliding away, slip sliding anyway
You know the nearer your destination
the more you slip slide away
I know a father who had a son
He longed to tell him the reason
for all the things he'd done
He came a long ways just to explain
He kissed his boy and he lay sleeping
and turned around and hit home again,
slip sliding away,
slip sliding away.
You know the nearer your
destination,
the more you slip slide away.
God only knows, God makes his plans
The information unavail
able to the mortal man
We work our jobs, collect our pay
Believe we're gliding
down the highway
When in fact you slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you slip slide away
Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
you know that they're your destination.