And I have to sit down for a while
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
The places I had planned for us to go
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
I try to capture every minute
She keeps on growing
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Do I really see what's in her mind
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
Slipping through my fingers
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers all the time
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Do I really see what's in her mind
Slipping through my fingers all the time
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The feeling in it
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
And without really entering her world
And why, I just don't know
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
Slipping through my fingers all the time
