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Slip sliding away, slip sliding away

You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away

Whoah and I know a man,

he came from my hometown

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

I know a woman, (who) 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 is when I lie in the bed

And I think of things that might have been

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

Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan

The information’s unavailable to the mortal man

We’re workin’ our jobs, collect our pay

Believe we’re gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away

-Paul Simon "Slip Slidin' Away"