{"id":156,"date":"2007-01-19T12:34:06","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T20:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/2007\/01\/slippin-through-my-fingers\/"},"modified":"2007-01-19T12:34:29","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T20:34:29","slug":"slippin-through-my-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/2007\/01\/slippin-through-my-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"Slippin&#8217; through My Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written in 1974, based on an overheard conversation between a couple in a restaurant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CHORUS:<\/p>\n<p><em>I feel you slippin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 through my finger,<br \/>\nAnd maybe that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the way it has to be;<br \/>\nBut let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stop the car right here,<br \/>\nHave another cup of coffee,<br \/>\nAnd tell me why you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re breakin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 up with me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I thought vacation was what we really needed,<br \/>\nAway from housework and the kids, we could unwind;<br \/>\nBut I see it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s much, much more,<br \/>\nAnd I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand this cold, cold war;<br \/>\nWon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you open up and say what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on your mind.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<p>As I watch you put sugar in your coffee,<br \/>\nYou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a stranger to me now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plain to see;<br \/>\nYou clear your voice to speak,<br \/>\nAnd then something makes you weak,<br \/>\nOh, darlin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you please look up at me.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written in 1974, based on an overheard conversation between a couple in a restaurant. CHORUS: I feel you slippin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 through my finger, And maybe that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the way it has to be; But let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stop the car right here, Have another cup of coffee, And tell me why you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re breakin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 up with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-song-lyrics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}