Laurie Anderson - Slip Away Lyrics
What's this? A little dust in my eyeWell I'm not the type to cryIt's four a.m. I'm standing by the bed where you lieSleeping the sleep of the newbornI put [my] finger to your lips. Warm air.Five a.m. You lift your hand and open it.Then you slipped away. You slipped away.Oh death, that creep, that crooked jerk...He comes, he comes walking. He comes sneakingDown that long irreversible hallwayGrabs you in your sleepI walk outside to the parking lot.Bright coins of water on the sidewalk.Big white building where your body liesStands in the middle of the fields. Icy air.And after all the shocks the way the heart unlocksAnd ooo we slip away. We slip away.I'm thinking about the way that lost things always come backLooking like something elseA fishing pole, a shoe, an old shirt, a lucky dayOoo then they slip away into the remains of the dayOoo they slip away. They slip away.I'm thinking how you taught me how to winAnd how to looseAnd how to fight the crippling blues that I was born withBad dreams and nightmaresOoo they slip away. Ooo they slip away into the remains of the day.I know that sometime I'll stop looking for you.Stop seeing your face every dayBad dreams and nightmares and big bad wolvesOoo they slip away into the remains of the dayOoo they slip away into the remains of the dayThey slip awayYou told me you had no idea how to die but I sawThe way the light left your eyesAnd after all the shocks the way the heart unlocksAnd ooo then you slipped away. You slipped away.
