[Verse 1]

             
Schoolbag in h

  
and
             
She leaves hom

          
e in the early

 morning
       
Waving goodbye
             
With an absent

          
-minded smile
           
I watch her go
             
With a surge o

          
f that well-kn

own sadness
             
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 l

          
ittle 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 me at 

  
the breakfast 

table
       
Barely awake
             
I let precious

      
 time go by
             
Then when she'

  
s gone
              
There's that o

        
dd 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 (sli

pping through 

my fingers all

 the time)
             
Well some of t

       
hat we did
             
But most we di

dn'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



[Verse]

             
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


[Outro]

             
Schoolbag in h


and
             
She leaves hom

         
e in the early

 morning
           
Waving goodbye

             
 with an absen

         
t-minded smile