Steve Earle - Slippin' Away Lyrics

This band was so UNDER rated its unbelievable... They were as good as all the other bands from the 80s and early 90s....

absoul.tly awesomep!

Back in my old hometown there were long summer days
Then there were leaves on the ground and it was too cold to play
This city's colder than cold; it’s faceless and grey
And all the dreams that you hold keep slipping away…

Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
I feel it slipping away

Saw an old friend of mine; asked if he was ok
He said everything’s fine, then his eyes filled with pain
Yeah, he had nothing to lose, he had nothing to say…
He feeling worn out and used, and slipping away

Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
I feel it slipping away

But put up a fight
Starting right here today
It’s time you saw the light
Before you just slip away

Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
Slipping away, slipping away
Little by little, and day by day
Day by day, I feel it slipping away
Yeah I feel them slipping away…
Oooohhh ohhhhhhhhhh

This band opened for Lynard Skynard in 91. They were booed off the stage.

A old friend of mine introduced me to this song. He just died...drank himself to death. RIP Chris...

So sorry for your loss, RIP Rock In Peace Chris!!

yes that's why I love them

Back in my old hometown
They were long summer days
And there were leaves on the ground
And it was too cold to play

The city's colder then cold
It's faceless and grey
And all the dreams that you hold
Keep slippin away

Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day
Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day, yeah
I feel them slippin away
Saw an old friend of mine
Asked if he was ok
He said everythings fine
Then his eyes filled with pain

Yeah he had nothin to lose
He had nothin to say
He's feelin worn out and used and slippin away

Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day
Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day, yeah
I feel them slippin away
Saw an old friend of mine
Asked if he was ok
He said everythings fine
Then his eyes filled with pain

Better put up a fight
Startin right here today
Get some use out of life
Before you just slip away

Yeah Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day
Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day
Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day
Slippin away, slippin away
Little by little, and day by day
Day by day yeah
I feel them slippin away
Oooohhh ohhhhhhhhhh

My favorite band of all time. They were our barracks band in the Marines. Been in my cd changer since 1988. Soooo underrated

John Jennings thank you for your service Sir, God Bless you and yours and JUNKYARD!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

in love with this song :)

South Austin band, very old school and makes us proud even still. Love and Respect- Nic 🎄

Never gets old

Me and my bro some good old boys from Ind
Seen them Akron acid
Live with blackcrows thosedays gone 4/ever

so i am late.. band rocks

when cinderella was on the radio singing crap, junkyard was in our cd players kicking out the jams.

big fan of both
loved the 80's metal scene

fuel piper Damn Right!!!

Would like to see these guys with blackberry smoke and the Allman bros. great fucking tune!
start right here today. .....

junk yard. number one in my life!! always have been, I'm 43 and will leave this shity gut pile world listening to junk yard!!!! it's my kind of music.

great station. old school tha best. 5 star

Lmao....fuckin junk!

This is a life changer....I'll marry you...this is so ridiculously fucking game changin...

sounds like Poison married with War Babies:) still good piece of hard rockin' ballad;)

I've listened to their first album since day one,but haven't heard this one. sounds great.

I'm so excited to finally see you guys after 25yrs of trying. October 30th in Illinois. Gunna Rock

+Nod Campbell well,its December now,how was it?

It was freaking amazing, best show I've seen in years. Took me back to 16 again. If you you've never seen them i highly suggest it. We met all the guys, they are awesome. New album in the worx too.

@Nod Campbell Cool! One of my favorite all time bands!

@Mark Cox mine as well

Nod Campbell We grew up with these guys. Very underrated band. 💙

I LOVE Junkyard....always was a huge fan....still love there music....there SO under rated...Listened to them in high school...still love them..

JUNKYARD IS THE FUCKING SHIT...sorry for the caps

damn straight

This is a life changer

brings a tear to my eye song makes me home sick

Was in high school.... Spent my last dollar to buy this CD... worth every cent.

well said

Amen, Kerek

Been slippin away....

omg is someone playing the soundtrack to my life? this band fucking rocks!!

great songwriting and great band

When people were listening to poison, i was listening to these guys !!!

+MOTHERLOVE BONE  And Love Bone?

+MOTHERLOVE BONE and rightly so. Poison were fucking shit

me too man! A great band that never got the attention they should have

MOTHERLOVE BONE 👍

Andrew Wood one more Beautiful statistic....RIP...

Can anyone tell me the chords? (Sorry for bad english, but im 17 and live in Hungary and love this Song and Band <3)

I have these albums   !!!!

LOVE Junkyard! I haven't heard these songs in over 20 years! So awesome!!

+Robin Stoll You shouldn't stop listening to this great music...it's bad for your health!!!

+Tom Hesse It was certainly NOT by choice! Long story short, was in a bad marriage, for far too long. But, I'll NEVER stop rockin. 😊

Underrated band. Love.

Sonya Hamby true

My favorite band of all time

amazing

@Instructions Ink great band

En octubre los tenemos aquí otra vez

como estuvo

Fucking hard rock, reminds me of drug binges and breaking up...wouldn't change it for the world!

good song

they WERE punks-chris gates was in the big boys and brian baker was in minor threat

this really takes me back....

This song is awesome. Good music is so hard to find. 

Great song.  Hope they got the break they deserved.  Day by day.

Can't believe it was so long ago.  I really miss good music.

There is so little of it now days.

for a booze hound this is gospel

when this came out was a great time in life

Amazon sells it . Ive bought it.

sandi conley that's cool keep rocking girl.

I love it !!! Can listen to my cd`s over and over and never get tired of them .

This one goes out to an old friend of mine named Bode who I found out just died of cancer. Rest in peace brother.

This song was also written during one of the darkest periods of Steve Earle's life. I hear Steve singing on this song and that is great.

yeah Brian Baker was in dag nasty, minor threat, government issue and is now in bad religion.

If only Itunes had this, great tune

Great song from a very underrated band. Did one of them do some punk before JY? Thought i'd heard something to thbat effect

Once again I'll tell ya .......look up "Big Chris Gates"......you'll see the Yard is still out there....TY for keeping Me focused CG...Nothing but Love and Respect....J

One of my favorite bands. And always will be.Great sound, and great soul in there music.Not a well known band,underated,but awesome. I caught there song," Simple Man" on Head Bangers ball one night, after a late night of drinking. Never stopped listening to them. I have personally turned many people on to there music. Would love to see them live sometime!!Rock On ,,JUNKYARD

I HAVE BOTH ORIGINAL CD'S THIS BAND KICKED ASS, I STILL LISTEN TO THEM REGULARLY

been looking for this cd and I can't find it.. ugh. but this song is great and so is the band.. they so have made it big...

Good stuff , this was Ol South Austin stuff , 04' ...

Its beautiful and brings so much back ! x peace!

@mojocondoms This is damn pretty no doubt! Still have and still play this and their first CASSETTE as often as possible in a 1000 plus cd/cassette music collection.

why aint this song on itunes? Bummer, no dislikes cool

Junkyard rules !!! one of my all time fav tunes.... remember when this first came out so long ago :) LEGENDS!

samson4077 i feel your pain because my dad past in 09 and the canceris a bad mf!!! but yeah he loved my junyard tunes too!! said son turn it up!!!!! got i miss this band and i miss my father too!!!!!! peace to all who love Junkyard!!!!!!!!!

not when i came out!! when it came out...now thats better.

Bought this album yrs ago when i came out..wicked stuff.

MY FAVORITE BALLAD.....I love this awesome song

damn im sorry to hear about that samson4077 thats sad man, it is a awesome song, my condolences to your family bro.

king of mars hits it on the head......alot of bands were our bands, then they became either everyone elses band or they never made it big. anyway i found it interesting steve earle got some writing credit for this song.

Sorry for that dude.. :/

I've watched a few Junkyard videos on Youtube today...and I notice that most of the comments are about how the song brings them back to "good ole days." I think cuz back then they weren't a huge band (few of us knew of them). And in turn it made us feel like they were OUR band.

I was a teenager with two cassettes of these guys. My Dad came into the basement one night , he had moved us up north for a job in a steel mill , he was homesick ever since. He was making us uncomfortable by just being there with us young guys listening to Junkyard. "Lost in the City" came on and he listened to the verse and chorus and said turn it up. Sadly my Dad never did make it back home , he died with cancer due to exposure to asbestos in the mill."Slipping Away" Brings a tears to my eyes.

I miss Junkyard.. they remind me of the good ol days with my man on the road.. simple man and bloozin