I remember being taken completely unawares by one of the songs , which I'd never even heard before.Even after seeing the movie about 6 times now I still cry every time I hear "Slipping through my fingers."
Meryl Streep sings it with so much emotion. Having two teenage daughters,who are rapidly growing up,the lyrics break my heart.Have a read and see what you think:

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 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 melancholic 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?
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.


I defy anyone with daughters not to be a little moved by some of those words, even though they are a bit corny!