[Chorus]
Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip sliding away

[Verse 1]
Oh, I know a man
He came from my hometown
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
He said, "Delores, I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear"

[Chorus]
Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip sliding away

[Verse 2]
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 I think of things that might have been"
[Chorus]
Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip sliding away

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
Slip sliding away
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip sliding away

[Verse 4]
Oh, 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
[Chorus]
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