Tony B Peek - Slipping Away Lyrics

Well I'm slipping away my own true love
I'll be gone by the time you wake up
I'm slipping away for a year and a day
With a runcible spoon and a cup
And I've got me a match box to travel in
And I've got me a star for a light
Got me a hand full of spirits and sand
And the wings of a sparrow in flight

I'm slipping away my own true love
You knew that this time had to come
I'm slipping away and there's nothing to say
With a barrel of fear and a plum
And I've got me penny and office
Got me a barber and tail
Got me some screams from the valley of dreams
And the skin of a fifty-foot whale

I'm slipping away my own true love
In the light and the dark of the dawn
I'm slipping away where the night meets the day
With the touch of a hat and a yawn
And I've got me a tower and furnace
Got me a book for the boys
Got me a nest and a chemical chest
And a trigger for pickling joys

But when will you return to me
And when will this loving let us be
'Cause I've been waiting oh so long
For you to come along
And now you say
You're slipping away