[This is a live concert and the front man yells out the words in quotes firing up the crowed. They scream back] "Thank you! Thank you very much! Anybody out there ever taken a wrong turn and got lost? Come on now! You ever get lost and couldn't find your way home? This next song is about a time I got lost. REALLY lost. It's called Slippin' Away!" I been gone yeah Gone for while I been gone, gone Gone for I bit. But I’m back now Yeah back in the game I’m the number one show got my guitar, my guitar And I’m ready to go My friends. I won’t lie! Of course there's a story No use tryin’ to hide it You might as well know [chourus] I [chourus] I was was slippingslipping, slippin’ , slippin’ away away TTimes imes been been slippingsl, slipping ipthe psame I’ve been slipping a bit I might be slipping now [end chorus] [verse] Started with a long weekend, nowhere to be Sun went down, then it swallowed me Said I’d be back by Monday night Blink of an eye, lost a year of my life I crash,I burned, but I didn’t disappear Just stayed gone longer than I planned Hey I’m still here If that’s the cost of running it hot I paid the price — I learned a lot i[End verse] [chourus] I was nsligpping, sli, slipping ppinthe ’ away same TimeIs ’ve been been slipping, slislipping pping the same a I’ve been slipping a bit I might be slipping now [end chorus] [extrent song...band trns down the volume and continues with an agresssive drive. The gyutar foolws with a rythmic chug. thr druumer thows in a snap loud hit on the snare on accents. The basss chug along too. This is an intimate epolouge. the singer adlibs and speaks to the audiance at times with a lyical voice, or belts out a hushed melody. [epilouge] “I been gone now, gone for awhile I been gone, gone, but I’m back now. I was, baby! Gone gone, gone, yeah baby I was gone I was gone yeah, gone for awhile I was gone gone, and I got lost I was gone gone, but I’m back I was gone for awhile, got lost Gone for awhile, umm got lost. Just want to say sorry, sorry to you Sorry I left, never saying a word Not even a thank you, no goodbye We want to say thank byou Say thank you Thank you very much Thank thank you Thank you for a beautiful night’
