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