[00:00.840]Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
[00:08.110]Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
[00:15.790]I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness
[00:23.610]And I have to sit down for a while
[00:29.750]The feeling that I'm losing her forever
[00:36.960]And without really entering her world
[00:43.630]I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
[00:49.330]That funny little girl
[00:53.150]
[00:54.140]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[00:57.350]I try to capture every minute
[01:02.050]The feeling in it
[01:04.240]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[01:07.630]Do I really see what's in her mind
[01:11.120]Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[01:16.140]She keeps on growing
[01:18.260]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[01:22.320]
[01:24.270]Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
[01:32.260]Barely awake I let precious time go by
[01:40.300]Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
[01:47.300]And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[01:54.000]What happened to the wonderful adventures
[02:00.520]The places I had planned for us to go
[02:07.260]Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't
[02:13.170]And why, I just don't know
[02:17.240]
[02:17.510]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[02:20.960]I try to capture every minute
[02:26.270]The feeling in it
[02:28.300]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[02:31.980]Do I really see what's in her mind
[02:35.220]Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[02:40.190]She keeps on growing
[02:42.320]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[02:46.160]
[02:46.300]Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
[02:53.300]And save it from the funny tricks of time
[02:58.250]Slipping through my fingers
[03:04.960]
[03:26.300]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[03:30.860]
[03:32.300]Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
[03:40.370]Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile