When the Spirit Slips Away

{{Infobox song

| name = When the Spirit Slips Away

| cover = When The Spirit Slips Away single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Ten Sharp

| album = Under the Water-Line

| released = September 1991

| recorded = Studio Spitsbergen
Wisseloord Studios
autumn-winter 1990

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:14

| label = Columbia

| composer = Niels Hermes

| lyricist = Ton Groen

| producer = Michiel Hoogenboezem and Niels Hermes

| chronology = Ten Sharp

| prev_title = Ain't My Beating Heart

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = When the Snow Falls

| next_year = 1991

}}

"When the Spirit Slips Away" is the seventh single from the Dutch group Ten Sharp, released in September 1991. The music is composed by Niels Hermes and the lyrics are written by Ton Groen. There was no official video shot for this single.{{cite web|url=http://www.popinstituut.nl/encyclopedie/discografie/ten-sharp.4446.html |title=Muziekencyclopedie - Ten Sharp (1984 - heden) |language=nl |publisher=Popinstituut.nl |date= |accessdate=2011-07-31}}{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ten+Sharp&titel=When+The+Spirit+Slips+Away&cat=s |title=Ten Sharp - When The Spirit Slips Away |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |date= |accessdate=2011-07-31}}

The B-side "The "O" " is an instrumental piano piece, written by Niels Hermes. "He Played Real Good For Free" is a Joni Mitchell cover in the version of David Crosby, played by singer Marcel Kapteijn.