Slipping Through My Fingers / Me And I (Live From Dick Cavett Meets Abba, Sveriges Television / 1981)

Slipping Through My Fingers Verse 1 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 Pre-Chorus 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 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 2 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 Pre-Chorus 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 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 Bridge Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture And save it from the funny tricks of time Slipping through my fingers Interlude Outro Slipping through my fingers all the time Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile Me and I Verse 1 Sometimes when I'm mad There's a part of me that seems to be a little sad Sometimes when I scream There's a voice in me that says, You shouldn't be so mean Oh no, oh no Part of me is acting while the other stands beside Yes, I am to myself what Jekyll must have been to Hyde Chorus We're like sun and rainy weather Sometimes we're a hit together Me and I Gloomy moods and inspiration We're a funny combination Me and I Post-Chorus I don't think I'm different or in any way unique Think about yourself for a minute And you'll find the answer in it Everyone's a freak Verse 2 Sometimes I have toyed With ideas that I got from good old Dr. Freud Nothing new of course It may seem to you I try to break through open doors Oh no, oh no I just wanna say a lot of that applies to me 'Cause it's an explanation to my split identity Chorus We're like sun and rainy weather Sometimes we're a hit together Me and I Gloomy moods and inspiration We're a funny combination Me and I Post-Chorus I don't think I'm different or in any way unique Think about yourself for a minute And you'll find the answer in it Everyone's a freak Interlude Post-Chorus I don't think I'm different or in any way unique Think about yourself for a minute And you'll find the answer in it Everyone's a freak Chorus We're like sun and rainy weather Sometimes we're a hit together Me and I Gloomy moods and inspiration We're a funny combination Me and I We're like sun and rainy weather Sometimes we're a hit together Me and I Gloomy moods and inspiration We're a funny combination Me and I