aqualung
slip-sliding away
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