Verse: F C Bb F there is an old lady she lives by the sea she brings her laundry out each day F C Bb F she sees how all the muscles and the carples on the seashore in the waves slip away Chorus: F C slip away slip away F C Bb F like the muscles and the carples on the seashore in the waves slip away Verse: F C Bb F there is a tired hobo restin in the sand dunes behind that ladies shack F C Bb F Chorus: F C slip away slip away F C Bb F like the dresses and the bedsheets and the panties on the closeline and the wind slip away
Verse: F C Bb F old lady was dyin her heart was tired of tryin keep that ocean out F C Bb F cause one day the waves will come and wash away and then she will swim on out Chorus: F C slip away slip away F C Bb F cause one day the waves will come and wash away and then she will swim on out Verse: F C Bb F her dress was the first to be set loose followed by the bed sheets and the panties too the flew F C Bb F old lady was struck down by the coldness in her heart she new saw or turned around Chorus: F C slip away slip away F C Bb F struck down by the coldness in her heart she new saw or turned around Verse: F C Bb F old lady was standin naked by the ocean waiting for the waves to take her in F C Bb F old hobo is walking strangly and wearing ladies clothes and waiting for the waves to take him in Chorus: F C slip away slip away F C Bb F old hobo is walking strangly and wearing ladies clothes and waiting for the waves to take him in
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