Slipping Through My Fingers - ABBA

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[Verse 1]
           
Schoolbag in h

            
and, she leave

  
s home in the 

early morning
         
Waving goodbye

             
 with an absen

         
t-minded smile
          
I watch her go

            
 with a surge 

        
of that well k

nown sadness
            
And I have to 

             
sit down for a

 
 while
            
The feeling th

             
at I'm losing 

           
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 2]
           
Sleep in our e

           
yes, her and m

         
e at the break

fast table
         
Barely awake I

             
 let precious 

        
time go by
            
Then when she'

           
s gone, there'

             
s that odd mel

  
ancholy feelin

g
            
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
            
Well, some of 

             
that we did, b

           
ut most we did

n't
             
And why, I jus

         
t 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

[Verse 3]
            
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

[Solo]
           
         
         
  
              
Slipping throu

             
gh my fingers 

        
all the time
           
Schoolbag in h

            
and, she leave

             
s home in the 


early morning
         
Waving goodbye

             
 with an absen

         
t-minded smile

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