Slipping Slowly Away From Me
Today I’m gonna do something I don’t often do. I’m gonna share an old melancholy love song I wrote for no one. And even more than that, I’m gonna share the only recording I have of it. The song’s called “Slipping Slowly Away From Me”. I recorded it on my old Yamaha 4-track cassette recorder. And I used my Yamaha DX7 (the granddaddy of digital keyboards) along with my Yamaha RX-11and RX-21 drum and percussion machines.
When I was on the road full time, I’d have plenty of time to dedicate to songwriting. And the technology of the day, the 4-track cassette recorder meant that I had to become adept at ping-ponging and bouncing tracks. However, this song was just me singing, playing the electric piano setting on my DX-7 (to a programmed beat on the RX-11) and recording it all in one take. No ping-ponging. No bouncing. I think the song actually stands up pretty well. Maybe I should update it with my new Mac studio.
What do you think?
Slipping Slowly Away From Me
Even now I can feel your love slipping slowly away from me
I want to be yours and I want to be mine,
And I know there’s no way that can be
It’s a paradox of my heart and my soul,
But I can’t change my ways, if I won’t change my goal.
Well, maybe someday I will find I was wrong,
And there won’t be a place where my heart can belong,
And even now I can feel your love slipping slowly away from me.
Day by day I can feel your warmth slipping slowly away from me
I want you to stay, but I think you should leave
And these two thoughts are killing me.
You can’t expect much from a person like me.
I’m not sure what I am or for sure what I’ll be.
I can’t make demands on a heart that’s so dear
“˜Cause I’m always so far when you want me so near,
And day by day I can feel your warmth slipping slowly away from me.
Slowly, you’re slipping slowly away,
And I long for the day when we met.
Slowly, yea you’re slipping slowly away
And I wanted to say…that I won’t forget.
Instrumental…repeat choruses to end
© 1986 Tony Funderburk
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