Mamma Mia! (2008) - Slipping Through My Fingers

Slipping Through My Fingers - Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried

Mamma Mia! (2008) - Slipping Through My Fingers Scene (8/10) | Movieclips

Lyrics:

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 [wistful laughter] 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

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 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

[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

[Music Box]
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time

[Music]

Slipping through my fingers

[Music]

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile