[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

[Pre-Chorus]
             
The feeling th

             
at I'm losing 

          
her forever
             
While never 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]
             
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 bu

          
t 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

[Outro]
             
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

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Schoolbag in h

             
and, she leave

             
s home in the 

        
early morning
           
Waving goodbye

            
 with an absen

           
t-minded smile