Slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away   You know the nearer the destination the more you're slip-sliding away      And I know a man, he came from my home town   He wore this bad shirt 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"      He's slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away   You know the nearer the 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 says, "A good day ain't got not rain"   She said, "A bad day is when I lie in bed and think of things that might've been"      She's slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away   You know the nearer the destination the more you're slip-sliding away   You're slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away   You know the nearer the destination the more you're slip-sliding away      Mmhmmm   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 and he turned around and headed home again      He's slip-sliding, slip-sliding away   You know the nearer the destination the more you're slip-sliding away   Slip-sliding away, slip-sliding away   You know the nearer the destination the more you're slip-sliding away