Slip Away

from When The Music Ends by Jon Fletcher

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So many wonders in the world, so many things beneath the sun
I could fill a hundred lifetimes through and feel like I had only just begun
For every road we go, are many more we'll never know
There's only so much time in every day
But it's so easy just to hesitate, to simply sit and wait
And watch the moments slip away

So many moments make an hour, so many hours each day
So many days in every year, how many years it's nobody's to say
But how can we begin to measure something that is all too precious
No man ever held it in his hand
So easily it slips between the fingertips
Just like so many grains of sand

Now won't you slow down Old Man Time, why do you have to go so fast?
Feel like I'm struggling far behind, got one foot dragging in the past
Although in truth I know, you're never fast and never slow
You plough your steady course without delay
Which seems so cruel to this restless fool
Who just can't help but linger on the way

There's nowhere else I'd rather be than with you here and now
But time is running out on me, I'd stop the clock if only I knew how
So much to say to you, I always wanted to
But waited for the moment to be right
But time just carries on, so soon the moment's gone
As sure as day turns into night

So many roads to go, so many more I'll never know
There's only so much time in every day
Don't let it be our fate, we let it get too late
And watch the moment slip away

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from When The Music Ends, released April 4, 2020
Jon Fletcher: vocal, guitar
Colin Fletcher: guitar
Jane Griffiths: viola

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Dazzling fingerstyle guitar, gently soulful vocals and songs aimed straight at the heart: Jon Fletcher weaves strands of English folk, jazz, blues and acoustic pop into a compelling and original take on the troubadour tradition.

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