Slipping Through My Fingers-ABBA

[00:00.00]Schoolbag in hand [00:00.000] 作曲 : Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus [00:05.61]she leaves home in the early morning [00:10.29]Waving goodbye [00:12.66]with an absent-minded smile [00:18.42]I watch her go with a surge of that [00:23.61]well-known sadness [00:25.92]And I have to sit down for a while [00:32.16]The feeling that I'm losing [00:34.77]her forever [00:39.18]And without really entering [00:42.51]her world [00:46.02]I'm glad whenever I can [00:48.99]share her laughter [00:51.45]That funny little girl [00:55.86]Slipping through my fingers [00:57.84]all the time [00:59.13]I try to capture every minute [01:04.17]The feeling in it [01:06.30]Slipping through my fingers [01:08.16]all the time [01:09.87]Do I really see what's in her mind [01:12.90]Each time I think [01:14.64]I'm close to knowing [01:17.94]She keeps on growing [01:20.19]Slipping through my fingers [01:22.08]all the time [01:26.13]Sleep in our eyes [01:29.04]her and me at the breakfast table [01:34.23]Barely awake [01:36.33]I let precious time go by [01:42.21]Then when she's gone [01:45.12]there's that odd melancholy feeling [01:49.29]And a sense of guilt I can't deny [01:55.92]What happened to the [01:57.87]wonderful adventures [02:03.00]The places I had planned for us to go [02:19.77]Slipping through my fingers [02:21.81]all the time [02:23.07]Well some of that we did [02:23.70]but most we didn't [02:24.24]And why I just don't know [02:25.26]Slipping through my fingers [02:26.52]all the time [02:26.82]I try to capture every minute [02:28.23]The feeling in it [02:30.36]Slipping through my fingers [02:32.28]all the time [02:34.02]Do I really see what's in her mind [02:37.02]Each time I think [02:38.79]I'm close to knowing [02:42.12]She keeps on growing [02:44.37]Slipping through my fingers [02:46.29]all the time [02:48.36]Sometimes I wish that I could [02:51.27]freeze the picture [02:55.62]And save it [02:56.70]from the funny tricks of time [03:00.15]Slipping through my fingers [03:28.17]Slipping through my fingers [03:30.24]all the time [03:34.38]Schoolbag in hand [03:37.20]she leaves home in the early morning [03:42.81]Waving goodbye [03:44.88]with an absent-minded smile