Slipping Through My Fingers

I was delighted to stumble upon the movie "Mamma Mia!" being shown on TBS last night! Oh, I LOVE this movie!! I must have seen it 5 times (or more) by now. I do believe I've blogged about it before, but I grew up listening to my dad's ABBA 8-track. "Dancing Queen" and "Take a Chance on Me" will be forever favorites. But the song, "Slipping Through My Fingers" is not a snappy little dance around song. Instead, the lyrics make me cry every time I hear them. I think of all my children, but especially my little girls...


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 whats 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 shes 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


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


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

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

(Songwriters: Ulvaeus, Björn; Andersson, Benny)