Slipping Through My Fingers

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"Slipping Through My Fingers" is a song written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. It was released on ABBA's 1981 album The Visitors. 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. 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

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