Slip Slidin' Away Lyrics

Performed by Paul Simon

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman
Like a thorny crown
He said Dolores
I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

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 think of things that might have been

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

And I know a fa-ther
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 headed home again

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

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 slidin' away

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
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Slip Slidin Way | Reviewer: zybbie | 10/2/09

Some ones have a talent to slip and to slid. This talent is easily recognizable to the others who are gliding. These ones in another form live to steal defeat from the jaws of victory. These same ones know God's plan. bladek

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Slip Slidin Away | Reviewer: zybbie | 10/2/09

Some ones have a talent to slip and to slid. This talent is easily recognizable to the others who are gliding. These ones in another form live to steal defeat from the jaws of victory. These same ones know God's plan. bladek

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hopelessness | Reviewer: Rico | 5/3/08

Every time I hear this song and I listien to Paul Simon quite often, I feel like crying and am saddened. To me the song speaks of the hopeless existence that most of us live, never fullfilling our dreams, afraid to step out of our shallow lifes. The last verse says it all. We life each day collecting our pay, gliding down the highway when in fact we are one day closer to death, slip slidin' away. Ouch, it hurts.

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Deep in the heart of man | Reviewer: Humberto Jimenez | 1/21/08

Deep in the heart of man is the sense that there is a destination. Yet, as we move towards it, we also avoid it. Sometimes we don't see that: "Believe we're gliding down the highway when in fact we're slip slidin' away". This is at once very real and very sad. Why does the father just kiss the boy instead of telling him "the reasons for the things he'd done"? Why does the wife lie in bed thinking of what might have been? Yet they trudge on, collect our pay, etc. This slice of life inspires one to move on from merely gliding down the highway, and instead to truly move toward our destiny, that thing which God does know.

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WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY POETRY | Reviewer: Kell Morrow | 7/23/07

You know, a lot of people say that the age of poetry is long past--but this beautiful and moving song shows just how wrong they are. For me, the song points out the overpowering love, commitment and even heroism that exists in everyday life--summed up in a short poem. This is the sort of work that a sixth grader will one day stand in front of his English class and recite with a tear running down his cheek as he thinks about the depth of love that he sees between his Mom and Dad and that he feels from each. Yes, "we work our jobs and collect our pay" each day so that we can go on loving and seeing the majesty of life.

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Example of late 20th century American poetry | Reviewer: Kell Morrow | 7/23/07

This song proves that there are still great poets in the world--capable of taking a few short lines and expressing volumes of the positive emotions that keep us all going--love, commitment and an excitement about each new day. One day, if it hasn't already happened, a sixth grader will stand in front of his class reciting this poem with a tear running down his cheek as he thinks about the love that he sees every day between his parents and that he feels from both.

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