Aqualung - Slip-Sliding Away lyrics

Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away I know a man, he came from my hometown He wore his pa**ion 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 Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away I know a woman, became my 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 is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been Slip sliding away, slip sliding away 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 he headed home again Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away God only knows, God makes his plan The information's unavailable to the mortal man We're working our jobs, collect our pay Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip, sliding away Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away