Slipping away    (video)

 

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1.     Guess it's just another dream that's         slipping away,

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    each time that I fall asleep, it seems I'm          drifting away.

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    Just as you have touched my heart,

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    babe, I wake and we're apart,

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    yeah, and it's slipping away.

 

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2.      Here comes just another day that's         drifting away,

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    every time I draw a breath         it's dying away.

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    First the sun and then the moon,

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    one of them will be around soon,

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    slipping away,       slipping away,          oh, yeah.

 

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3.             Drifting away,               slipping away, yeah.

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    Just as you have touched my heart,

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    I wake up, babe, and we're apart,

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    it seems we're slipping away,

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    slipping away,      yeah, slipping away.

 

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    All I want is ecstasy, but I ain't getting much,

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    just getting off on misery, it seems I've lost my touch.

 

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4.     Well, it's just another song, but          it's slipping away,

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    well, we didn't sing it long 'cause         it's fading away.

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    First the sun and then the moon,

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    one of them will be round soon,

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    slipping away,         slipping away,        slipping away.

 

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      Slipping awa...........y, slipping awa............y. (5x) ....

 

    (The Rolling Stones)