You Slip Sometimes

You said you used to take the time you know to listen to my mind

And all the different signs I used to send

But now you barely say hello, it seems you're sinking low

Lower than I think you've ever been

She said 'all I want to say is 'babe I'll mend my ways

As soon as you can whisper my name'

She said 'I'm sorry I've been cruel in breaking all our rules

The rules that seemed to keep our life so safe'

But you know you slip sometimes

You slip sometimes

Just when you think you got it all down, you slip sometimes

I've been keeping clear of darkness

And the angels and the carcasses who used to eat me up with late-night sleaze

Then I caught myself a-sliding, running and a-hiding

From the loving that I thought had set me free

When I finally came around I looked up from the ground

And I saw your silky smile there from the floor

As we walked out arm in arm I caught a little of that old charm

And I whispered very softly back toward the door

You know you slip sometimes

You slip sometimes

Just when you think you got it all down, you slip sometimes