Slipping Through My Fingers

Lyrics

[DONNA] 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 losing her forever And without really entering her world I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter That funny little girl 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 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 [DONNA & FEMALE COMPANY] What happened to those 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 [DONNA & FEMALE COMPANY] 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 (Instrumental) [SOPHIE, spoken] Do you think I'm letting you down? [DONNA, spoken] Why would you even think that? [SOPHIE, spoken] Oh, because of what you've done. I mean, the Dynamos, raising a kid, and running a business all on your own [DONNA, spoken] Well, Honey, I didn't have a choice. I couldn't go home. You know? When I got pregnant, my mother told me not to bother coming back, and I wouldn't have it any other way. My God, look at what we've had! [SOPHIE, spoken] Will you give me away? [DONNA, spoken] Yeah [DONNA/, SOPHIE & FEMALE COMPANY] Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture And save it from the funny tricks of time Slipping through my fingers (Slipping through my fingers all the time)