Everything goes slipping away In your eyes, I see the day Everything begins to fade What you say, slipping slipping away Somebody take my hand And make me understand Here in the light of day Everything slips away Everything goes slipping away Hard to find the words to say Everything begins to fade You give and then take it away Everything goes slipping away Higher and higher, closer each day In my hands, time and again Everything, slipping slipping away Somebody take my hand And make me understand Here in the light of day Everything slips away