[Intro]
(Just keep playin')

[Chorus]
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

[Verse 1]
I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
He said, "Dolores, I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear"

[Chorus]
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

[Verse 2]
I know a woman
Became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
She said, "A good day ain't got no rain"
She said, "A bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been"
[Chorus]
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

[Verse 3]
I know a father
He 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
Then he turned around and headed home again

[Chorus]
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 4]
God only knows
God makes his plans
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
We're workin' our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
When in fact we're slip slidin' away
[Chorus]
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

[Instrumental Outro]