ABBA – Slipping Through My Fingers

“Slipping Through My Fingers” – is promotional single by ABBA, from the album The Visitors. Released in June 1981
Songwriters: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

The inspiration for the song was Ulvaeus’ and Fältskog’s daughter, Linda Ulvaeus, who was seven at the time the song was written.

The song was released as a single only in Japan, where it was a red vinyl promo single for The Coca-Cola Company with nothing on the B-side except a printed picture of the group. An album with the same name and a similar-looking cover was also released in Japan.

“Slipping Through My Fingers” is a song written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA from their 1981 album The Visitors, with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog. The song is about a mother’s regret at how quickly her daughter is growing up, and the lack of time they have spent together, as the girl goes to school.

“Slipping Through My Fingers” melodie de pe ultimul album ABBA, lansat la 20 Noiembrie 1981, The Visitors.

Bjorn Ulvaeus a compus versurile, privind al fata lui de 7 ani, Linda, mergând la școală, realizând că a crescut și a început să “Slip through his fingers”. Lead-ul vocal a fost Agnetha, mama ei.

Albumul este unul mai sombru, în care tristețea, poate și regretele, sânt simțite în vresuri, melodii, chiar și voci. Björn Ulvaeus și Agnetha Fältskog au divorțat în Iulie 1979, iar , Benny Andersson și Anni-Frid Lyngstad, și-au anunțat divorțul în Februarie 1981.

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 Im losing her forever
And without really entering her world
Im 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 Im 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 theres that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I cant 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 didnt
And why I just dont know

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