I've been lost in way back when In clothes I'll never wear again Ponytails and paper planes Climbing up the tall trees Thinking back to hide and seek Everyday seemed like weeks Sunday school and cigarettes And kissing at the movies And now it's hard 'cause I really felt like time was moving slowly But I found out it was only Slippin' away Slippin' away Slippin' away Slippin' away Yeah One day I found myself with you So all my girlhood dreams come true Still there's other dreams, nothing lasts forever I put braids into my hair But you don't seem to see them there And in your mind I think, you're off to California And it's hard 'cause I really thought that I was in your vision Starry eyes, I see that you've been Slippin' away Slippin' away Slippin' away Slippin' away Yeah We are water We are the sand The wind goes on before we're here We are gone Gone Gone And so it turns in simple ways Now the weeks go by like days Where's that little girl She's gone and so forgotten And it's strange 'cause I truly thought that change was nowhere near me And all the time, I was really Slippin' away Slippin' away I'm slippin' away I'm slippin' away I'm slippin' away Slippin' away I'm slippin' away Slippin' away Yeah