Slipping Through My Fingers

!! (VERSE) () Schoolbag in () hand She () leaves home in the () early morning () Waving () goodbye With an () absent-minded () smile () I watch her go () With a () surge of that () well-known sadness () And I have to sit () down () for a while ()   The () feeling that I’m (bass) loosing her () forever  () And () without really () entering her world ()   I’m () glad whenever I (bass) can share her () laughter That () funny () little girl ()  ()   (Chorus) () Slipping through my () fingers all the () time I try to () capture every () minute The () feeling in () it Slipping through my () fingers () all the () time Do I really () see what’s in her () mind Each time I () think I’m close to () knowing She () keeps on () growing Slipping through my () fingers () all the () time (VERSE) Sleep in our eyes Her and me at the breakfast table Barely awake I let precious time go by Then when she’s gone There’s that odd melancholy feeling And a sense of guilt I can’t deny What happened to the wonderful adventures The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time) Well some of that we did But most we didn’t And why I just don’t know (Chorus) () Sometimes I wish that I () could freeze the () picture () And () save it from the () funny tricks of () time   (bass) Slipping through my () fing() ers  ()   Guitar solo   | |   | |  | |  | | | |  | |  | | Schoolbag in hand She leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded () smile    x32210    466544   466444    x24452    x24442 or 799877    x02222    022200