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Slipping Through My Fingers Lyrics by Meryl Streep

Mamma Mia! (The Movie Soundtrack)

2008

[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)
Credits
Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

About “Slipping Through My Fingers” by Meryl Streep

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