[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 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

[Pre-Chorus 2]
            
What happened 

            
to those wonde

             
rful adventure

 
s
            
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

[Bridge]
            
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

               

[Verse 3]
           
Schoolbag in h

              
and, she leave

    
s home in

the early morn

ing
Em         G            *D           *Bm7
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile