Slip Slidin' Away
[00:00.66] ♫ ♪
[00:11.02] Slip slidin’ away
[00:17.14] Slip slidin’ away
[00:21.12] You know
[00:23.25] The nearer your destination
[00:24.83] The more
[00:25.64] You’re slip slidin’ away
[00:29.09] I know a man
[00:32.26] He came from my hometown
[00:37.32] He wore his passion
[00:39.97] For his woman
[00:41.04] Like a thorny crown
[00:43.96] He said, “Delores
[00:47.14] I live in fear
[00:51.39] My love for you’s
[00:53.53] So overpowering
[00:54.79] I’m afraid
[00:55.58] That I will disappear”
[00:58.78] Slip slidin’ away
[01:02.76] Slip slidin’ away
[01:06.48] You know
[01:08.89] The nearer your destination
[01:10.21] The more
[01:11.28] You’re slip slidin’ away
[01:14.99] And, I know a woman
[01:18.17] Became a wife
[01:22.42] These are the very words
[01:25.88] She uses
[01:26.94] To describe her life
[01:29.07] She said, “A good day
[01:32.25] Ain’t got no rain”
[01:36.77] She said
[01:38.89] “A bad day’s when
[01:39.95] I lie in bed
[01:40.75] And think of things
[01:42.08] That might have been”
[01:44.20] Slip slidin’ away
[01:48.19] Slip slidin’ away
[01:53.24] You know
[01:54.84] The nearer your destination
[01:56.15] The more
[01:56.95] You’re slip slidin’ away
[02:01.22] ♫
[02:04.86] And I know a father
[02:07.44] Who had a son
[02:09.84] He longed to tell him
[02:11.68] All the reasons
[02:12.22] For the things he’d done
[02:14.62] He came a long way
[02:18.07] Just to explain
[02:22.05] He kissed his boy
[02:24.99] As he lay sleeping
[02:26.06] Then he turned around
[02:27.64] And headed home again
[02:30.03] Slip slidin’ away
[02:34.54] Slip slidin’ away
[02:39.06] You know
[02:40.55] The nearer your destination
[02:41.88] The more
[02:42.95] You’re slip slidin’ away
[02:45.88] ♪
[02:51.72] And God only knows
[02:57.56] God makes his plan
[03:01.80] The information’s unavailable
[03:06.06] To the mortal man
[03:08.45] We’re working our jobs
[03:12.44] Collect our pay
[03:16.69] Believe we’re gliding
[03:18.54] Down the highway
[03:19.87] When in fact
[03:20.67] We’re slip slidin’ away
[03:24.12] Slip slidin’ away
[03:28.37] Slip slidin’ away
[03:32.08] You know
[03:34.22] The nearer your destination
[03:35.54] The more
[03:36.61] You’re slip slidin’ away
[03:40.34] Slip slidin’ away
[03:44.05] Slip slidin’ away
[03:48.33] You know
[03:50.19] The nearer your destination
[03:51.52] The more
[03:52.31] You’re slip slidin’ away
[03:55.77] ♫ ♪
