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[Verse]
            
Schoolbag in h

           
and She leaves

            
 home in the e

#
arly morning
            
  Waving goodb

           
ye     With an

             
 absent-minded

 
 smile
             
  I watch her 

         
go With a surg

          
e of that well

-known sadness
             
And I have to 

        
sit down for a

 
 while

             
The feeling th

          
at I'm loosing

             
 her forever
             
And without re

             
ally entering 

    
her world 
             
I'm glad whene

          
ver I can shar

      
e her laughter
        
That funny lit

      
tle girl

[Chorus]
             
Slipping throu

            
gh my fingers 

        
all the time
           
I try to captu

           
re every minut

             
e The feeling 


in it
              
Slipping throu

         
gh my fingers 

              
all the time
            
Do I really se

              
e what's in he

  
r mind
            
Each time I th

             
ink I'm close 

   
to knowing
            
She keeps on g

rowing
              
Slipping throu

         
gh my fingers 

       
all the time

[Verse]
            
Sleep in our e

          
yes Her and me

        
 at the breakf

ast table
          
  Barely awake

            
 I let preciou

          
s time go by
             
  Then when sh

          
e's gone There

             
's that odd me

   
lancholy feeli

ng
             
And a sense of

        
 guilt I can't

 
 deny
             
What happened 

          
to the wonderf

             
ul adventures
             
The places I h

             
ad planned for

       
 us to go 
                                  (slipping through my fingers 
                                   all the time)
             
Well some of t

          
hat we did But

          
 most we didn'

t
        
And why I just

         
 don't know

[Chorus]
             
Slipping throu

            
gh my fingers 

        
all the time
           
I try to captu

           
re every minut

             
e The feeling 


in it
              
Slipping throu

         
gh my fingers 

              
all the time
            
Do I really se

              
e what's in he

  
r mind
            
Each time I th

             
ink I'm close 

   
to knowing
            
She keeps on g

rowing
              
Slipping throu

         
gh my fingers 

       
all the time

             
Sometimes I wi

             
sh that I coul

             
d freeze the p

       
icture
             
And save it fr

             
om the funny t

         
ricks of time 
          
Slipping throu

            
gh my fingerS 

[Guitar solo]
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Schoolbag in h

           
and She leaves

            
 home in the e

#
arly morning
            
  Waving goodb

           
ye     With an

             
 absent-minded

 
 smile