I said I wouldn't cry
  The day you say goodbye
  It's not like I'll never see you again
  I guess the things you need
  You just can't get from me
  But you still can reach out to me now and then
  
  My head is spinning round
  All my defenses down
  I have held the world in my hands
  But I can't keep you from slipping away,
  
  If time will show me grace
  And you to a better place
  Then I can live knowing it wasn't in vain
  It hurts so much to know when love means letting go
  And no one can tell me that they've felt my pain
  
  No strength can stop you now
  Will someone show me how
  How to live it over again
  'cause I can't keep you from slipping away
  
  I will never break your power over me
  I could never shake the thought of you burning in my mind
  You're all I see
  
  Repeat Chorus
  
  Oh, I can't keep you from slipping away
  Oh, Slipping away,