[00:01.030]Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
[00:08.370]Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
[00:16.470]I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
[00:23.970]And I have to sit down for a while
[00:30.250]The feeling that I'm losing her forever
[00:36.760]And without really entering her world
[00:44.110]I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
[00:50.750]That funny little girl
[00:53.960]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[00:57.210]I try to capture every minute
[01:02.170]The feeling in it
[01:04.260]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[01:07.730]Do I really see what's in her mind
[01:10.860]Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[01:16.060]She keeps on growing
[01:18.090]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[01:24.560]Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
[01:27.470]Barely awake, I let precious time go by
[01:33.060]Then when she's gone there's that odd melancholy feeling
[01:47.090]And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[01:53.150]What happened to the wonderful adventures
[02:01.160]The places I had planned for us to go
[02:05.290](Slipping through my fingers all the time)
[02:08.240]Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
[02:13.370]And why I just don't know
[02:17.820]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[02:21.210]I try to capture every minute
[02:26.220]The feeling in it
[02:28.310]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[02:31.890]Do I really see what's in her mind
[02:35.150]Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[02:40.150]She keeps on growing
[02:42.310]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[02:47.040]Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
[02:53.730]And save it from the funny tricks of time
[02:58.720]Slipping through my fingers
[03:26.570]Slipping through my fingers all the time
[03:32.780]Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
[03:40.940]Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile