[Verse 1]
            
Schoolbag in h

             
and, she leave

  
s home in
    
the early morn

ing
           
Waving goodbye

         
 with an absen

t-minded

smile
           
I watch her go

         
 with a surge 

of that

well-known sad

ness
             
And I have to 

             
sit down for a

 
 while


[Pre-Chorus]
             
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

breakfast tabl

e
           
Barely awake, 

      
I let precious

 time go

by
             
Then when she'

  
s gone, there'

s that
        
odd melancholy

 feeling
             
And a sense of

             
 guilt I can't

 
 deny


[Pre-Chorus]
             
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 

        
that we did, b

ut most
    
we didn'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


[Bridge]
             
Sometimes I wi

        
sh that I coul

d freeze
             
the picture


             
And save it fr

       
om the funny t

ricks of

time
              
Slipping throu

       
gh my fingers


[Outro]
             
Schoolbag in h

            
and, she leave

  
s home in
    
the early morn

ing
           
Waving goodbye

          
 with an absen

t-minded

smile