Something is Slipping Away

I don't like what I see
And no one's listening to me
But this feeling won't let me be
So I'm gonna say what I feel

Generations before
Said the same things I'm sure
And their sons and daughters ignored
the "When I was your age" ordeal

But something is slipping away
I know things weren't perfect way back in the day
But something's slipping away, Try as we must to move on
I only know something is wrong

No one's taking the blame
for rules that ruined the game
And the winners all want to claim
Their victories truly were real

But something is slipping away
The race to go nowhere is broadcast each day
The price the future will pay
Is what will be lost once it's gone
I'm telling you something is wrong

And the greatest prize Before our eyes
Is given to those who can take without having to give
Oh it's how we live

I don't like what I see
The young ones are laughin' at me
I'm the old man they'll never be
They're like I was when old folks would say

That something is slippin' away
I know things weren't perfect way back in the day
But something's slipping away
When the simple truth is withdrawn
Then the wisdom that wrote it is gone........I must say
Something is slipping away....... slipping away

Song By John Batdorf, BatMac Music / BMI
Michael McLean, Shining Star Music/ASCAP
©2006 All Rights Reserved

Credits:
John Batdorf / Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Percussion and Vocals
Bill Batstone / Bass