Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away Lyrics

(Mmm mmm, mmm mmm)
Slip sliding away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

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 is so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear

Slip sliding away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your 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 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"

Slip sliding away
Slip slidin' away
(Ooh ooh)
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip sliding away

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
Then he turned around and headed home again

He's slip slidin'
Slip sliding away
(Ooh ooh)
You know the nearer your destination
(Ooh ooh ooh)
The more you're slip slidin' away

And God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man
We work in our jobs, collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
(Ooh ooh ooh)
When in fact we're slip slidin' away

Slip sliding away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
(Aah aah aah)
The more you're slip slidin' away

Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destination
(Ooh ooh ooh)
The more you're slip slidin' away

Mmm hmm hmm
Oh la la la la la la la la na na na na mmm
I wanna na na na na na na na na mmm
(Aah aah)
I wanna na na na na na na na na mmm
(Aah aah)
I wanna na na na na na na na na mmm
(Aah aah)
I wanna na na na na na na na na mmm
(Aah aah)