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ALBUM AÑO TEMAS PAGINA

Ring ring 1973 1 Ring Ring 72 Another Town, Another Train 93 Disillusion 104 People Need Love 105 I Saw It In The Mirror 116 Nina, Pretty Ballerina 127 Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) 138 Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother 149 He Is Your Brother 1610 She's my kind of girl 1711 I Am Just A Girl 1712 Rock'N Roll Band 1813 Merry go round ( bonus ) 1914 Santa Rosa ( bonus ) 2115 Ring Ring (Swedish Version) ( Bonus ) 22

Waterloo 1974 1 Waterloo 192 Sitting In The Palmtree 203 King Kong Song 214 Hasta Mañana 225 My Mama Said 236 Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) 247 Honey Honey 258 What About Livingstone 269 Watch Out 2710 Gonna Sing You My Lovesong 2811 Suzy-Hang-Around 2912 Ring ring ( US remix ) 713 Waterloo (Swedish Version) 3414 Honey Honey ( Swedish ) 35

Abba 1975 1 Mamma Mia 362 Hey, Hey Helen 373 Tropical Loveland 394 S.O.S 405 Man In The Middle 416 Bang-A-Boomerang 427 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 438 Rock Me 439 Intermezzo No.1 (Instrumental) --10 I've Been Waiting For You 4511 So Long 4612 Crazy world ( bonus )13 Pick a bale of cotton, on top of old smokey

Greatest Hits1975 1 S.O.S 342 He is Your brother 163 Ring ring 74 Hasta mañana 265 Nina,Pretty Ballerina 126 Honey honey 297 So long 468 I do,i do,i do,i do,i do 439 People need love 1010 Bang-a-boomerang 42

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ALBUM AÑO TEMAS PAGINA

Greatest Hits1975 11 Another town, another train 912 Mamma mia 3613 Dance (while tha music still goes on) 2814 Waterloo 2315 Fernando 56

Arrival 1976 1 When I Kissed The Teacher 472 Dancing Queen 483 My Love, My Life 494 Dum Dum Diddle 505 Knowing Me, Knowing You 516 Money, Money, Money 517 That's Me 538 Why Did It Have To Be Me 549 Tiger 5510 Arrival (Instrumental) --11 Fernando 5612 Happy Hawaii 144

The Album 1977 1 Eagle 572 Take A Chance On Me 583 One Man, One Woman 604 The Name Of The Game 625 Move On 646 Hole In Your Soul 667 Thank You For The Music 678 I Wonder (Departure) 699 I'm A Marionette 70

Voulez Vous 1979 1 As Good As New 712 Voulez-Vous 733 I Have A Dream 754 Angel Eyes 765 The King Has Lost His Crown 786 Does Your Mother Know 797 If It Wasn't For The Nights 808 Chiquitita 829 Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 8410 Kisses Of Fire 8511 Summer nigth City 8612 Lovelight 8813 Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme 150

Greatest hits1979 1 Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme 150Volume 2 2 Knowing me, Knowing you 51

3 Take a chance on me 584 Monet, money, money 515 Rock me 436 Eagle 577 Angeleyes 768 Dancing Queen 489 Does your mother know 7910 Chiquitita 8211 Summer night city 8612 I wonder (departure) 69

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ALBUM AÑO TEMAS PAGINA13 The name of the game14 Thank you for the music 67

Super trouper1980 1 Super Trouper 892 The Winner Takes It All 913 On And On And On 934 Andante, Andante 945 Me And I 956 Happy New Year 977 Our Last Summer 988 The Piper 999 Lay All Your Love On Me 10010 The Way Old Friends Do 10111 Elaine 15212 Put on your white sombrero 154

The visitors1981 1 The Visitors (Crackin' Up) 1022 Head Over Heels 1033 When All Is Said And Done 1054 Soldiers 1065 I Let The Music Speak 1076 One Of Us 1097 Two For The Price Of One 1118 Slipping Through My Fingers 1129 Like An Angel Passing Through My Room 11310 Should i laugh or cry 11411 The day before you came 11512 Cassandra 14513 Under attack 11714 You Owe Me One 118

Singles 1982 Disc 11 Ring ring

The first ten 2 WaterlooYears 3 So long

4 I do,i do,i do,i do,i do5 S.O.S6 Mamma mia7 Fernando8 Dancing Queen9 Money money money10 Knowing me, knowing you11 The name of the game12 Take a chance on me13 Summer nigth cityDisc 21 Chiquitita2 Does your mother know3 Voulez vous4 Gimme gimme gimme5 I have a dream6 The winner takes it all7 Super trouper8 One of us9 The day before you came10 Under Attack

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ALBUM AÑO TEMAS PAGINA

Abba live ChiquititaDancing QueenDoes Your Mother KnowFernandoGimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)I Have A DreamMoney, Money, MoneyName Of The Game/EagleOn And On And OnSuper TrouperTake A Chance On MeThank You For The MusicTwo For The Price Of OneWaterloo

Gracias por la musica Gracias por la musica 119Reina danzante 120Al andar 122! Dame ! Dame ! Dame 123Fernando 125Estoy soñando 126Mamma mia 127Hasta Mañana 128Conociendome , conociendote 129Chiquitita 130

Abba oro 1996 1 Fernando 1252 Chiquitita 1303 Gracias por la musica 1194 Reina danzante 1205 Al andar 1226 ! Dame ! Dame ! Dame 1237 Estoy soñando 1268 Mamma mia 1279 Hasta Mañana 12810 Conociendome , conociendote 12911 Felicidad 13312 Andante andante 13213 Se me esta escapando 13714 No hay a quien culpar 13515 Ring ring (Español) 136

Abba gold 1996 1 Dancing Queen2 Knowing Me, Knowing You3 Take A Chance On Me4 Mamma Mia5 Lay All Your Love On Me6 Super Trouper7 I Have A Dream8 The Winner Takes It All9 Money, Money, Money10 S.O.S11 Chiquitita12 Fernando

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Abba gold 1996 13 Voulez-Vous14 ! Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme 15015 Does Your Mother Know16 One Of Us17 The Name Of The Game 6218 Thank You For The Music19 Waterloo (English Version)

More Abba gold 1996 1 Summer night city2 Angel Eyes3 The day before you came4 Eagle5 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 3:156 So Long 3:067 Honey Honey 2:548 The Visitors (Crackin' Up) 5:459 Our Last Summer 4:1910 On And On And On 3:4011 Ring Ring (English Version) 3:0312 I Wonder (Departure) 4:3313 Lovelight14 Head Over Heels 3:4615 When I Kissed The Teacher 3:0016 I am the city17 Cassandra 14518 Under attack19 When all is said and done20 The way old friends do

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RING RING(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus/N.Sedaka/P.Cody)

First release 1973

I was sitting by the phoneI was waiting all aloneBaby by myself I sit and wait and wonder about youIt's a dark and dreary nightSeems like nothing's going rightWon't you tell me honey how can I go on here without you?

Yes I'm down and feeling blueAnd I don't know what to do, oh-oh

Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them allRing, ring, I stare at the phone on the wallAnd I sit all alone impatientlyWon't you please understand the need in meSo, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?

You were here and now you're goneHey did I do something wrong?I just can't believe that I could be so badly mistakenWas it me or was it you?Tell me, are we really through?Won't you hear me cry and you will know that my heart is breaking

Please forgive and then forgetOr maybe darling better yet, oh-oh

Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them allRing, ring, I stare at the phone on the wallAnd I sit all alone impatientlyWon't you please understand the need in meSo, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?

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ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER TRAIN(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

Day is dawning and I must goYou're asleep but still I'm sure you'll knowWhy it had to end this wayYou and I had a groovy timeBut I told you somewhere down the lineYou would have to find me goneI just have to move along

Just another town, another trainWaiting in the morning rainLook in my restless soul, a little patienceJust another town, another trainNothing lost and nothing gainedGuess I will spend my life in railway stationsGuess I will spend my life in railway stations

When you wake I know you'll cryAnd the words I wrote to say goodbyeThey won't comfort you at allBut in time you will understandThat the dreams we dreamed were made of sandFor a no-good bum like meTo live is to be free

Just another town, another trainWaiting in the morning rainLook in my restless soul, a little patienceJust another town, another trainNothing lost and nothing gainedGuess I will spend my life in railway stationsGuess I will spend my life in railway stations

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DISILLUSION(A.Fältskog/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

Changing, moving, in a circleI can see your face in all of my dreamsSmiling, laughing, from the shadowsWhen I hear your voice I know what it meansI know it doesn't matter just how hard I tryYou're all the reason for my lifeDisillusion, disillusion's all you left for me

How can I forget you when my world is breaking downYou're all I had, you're all I wantDisillusion, disillusions now, that's all I have

Wishing, hoping, chasing shadowsDid I see your face somewhere in the crowdThinking, wondering, what you're doingI can stop myself from crying out loudThey say my wound will heal and only leave a scarBut then, they'd never shared our loveDisillusion, disillusion's all you left for me

How can I forget you when my world is breaking downYou're all I had, you're all I wantDisillusion, disillusions now, that's all I haveDisillusion, disillusions now, that's all I have

PEOPLE NEED LOVE(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1972

People need hope, people need lovingPeople need trust from a fellow manPeople need love to make a good livingPeople need faith in a helping hand

Man has always wanted a woman by his side to keep him companyWomen always knew that it takes a man to get matrimonial harmonyEverybody knows that a man who's feeling down wants some female sympathy

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Gotta have love to carry on livingGotta have love 'till eternity

People need hope, people need lovingPeople need trust from a fellow manPeople need love to make a good livingPeople need faith in a helping hand

La la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laLa la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laa...

Flowers in the desert need a drop of rain like a woman needs her manIf a man's in love and his woman wants the moonThen he'll it down if he canSomebody who loves you and somebody who caresIsn't that what you'd call a friend?Gotta have love to carry on livingYou can have peace if you understand

People need hope, people need lovingPeople need trust from a fellow manPeople need love to make a good livingPeople need faith in a helping hand

La la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laLa la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laa...

People need hope, people need lovingPeople need trust from a fellow manPeople need love to make a good livingPeople need faith in a helping hand

La la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laLa la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laa...La la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laLa la la la, la la la la-la, la la la la la la la-la la laa...

I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

I saw it in the mirror, I saw it in my faceThat I'm no longer needed, anyone can take my place

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I saw it in the mirror when I look into my eyes'Cause something sure is wrong when this boy cries(This boy cries)

I saw it in the mirror, my head is hanging lowAnd I ain't too familiar with the feelings that I showI know you say you love me, but I'm seeing through your liesIt doesn't really bother you if this boy cries(This boy cries)

I never thought I could cry for youBut honey I will miss you 'til the day I die('Til the day I die)

I saw it in the mirror, I saw it in my faceThat I'm no longer needed, anyone can take my placeI saw it in the mirror when I look into my eyes'Cause something sure is wrong when this boy cries(This boy cries, this boy cries)

NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

Every day in the morning on her way to the officeYou can see as she catches a trainJust a face among a million facesJust another woman with no nameNot the girl you'd remember but she's still something specialIf you knew her I am sure you'd agree'Cause I know she's got a little secretFriday evening she turns out to be

Nina, pretty ballerina, now she is the queen of the dancing floorThis is the moment she's waited forJust like Cinderella, just like CinderellaNina, pretty ballerina, who would ever think she could be this wayThis is the part that she likes to playBut she knows the fun would go awayIf she would play it every day

So she's back every morning to her work at the office

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And another week to live in a dreamAnd another row of early morningsIn an almost never-ending streamShe don't talk very often, kind of shy and uncertainEverybody seems to think she's a boreBut they wouldn't know her little secretWhat her Friday night would have in store

Nina, pretty ballerina, now she is the queen of the dancing floorThis is the moment she's waited forJust like Cinderella, just like CinderellaNina, pretty ballerina, who would ever think she could be this wayThis is the part that she likes to playShe would like to play it every day

Nina, pretty ballerina, now she is the queen of the dancing floorThis is the moment she's waited forJust like Cinderella, just like CinderellaNina, pretty ballerina, who would ever think she could be this wayThis is the part that she likes to play

LOVE ISN'T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH)(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

Do you remember the first time, and all of your sweet sweet talkAin't heard it a lot since then loveNow look at that guy, he's making me cryHe leaves everybody and he only says goodbyeBut if I would have to choose I wouldn't let you goJust give it some more time and you will see our love will growDarling I know

We gotta have patienceLove isn't just a sensationSome of the time it gets roughLove isn't easy but it sure is hard enough(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Giving love is a reason for livingBut a few things can be toughLove isn't easy but it sure is hard enough(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)

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From the first moment I saw you I've treated you like a queenI've given you lots of presentsNow listen to that, just look at that catYou'd think he was an angel but he's talking through his hatBut if I would have to choose I wouldn't let you goJust give it some more time and you will see our love will growDarling I know

We gotta have patienceLove isn't just a sensationSome of the time it gets roughLove isn't easy but it sure is hard enough(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Giving(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Love is a reason for living(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)But a few things can be toughLove isn't easy but it sure is hard enough(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)

Patience(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Love isn't just a sensation(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Some of the time it gets roughLove isn't easy but it sure is hard enough(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Giving(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)Love is a reason for living(Sweet sweet, our love is bitter-sweet)But a few things can be toughLove isn't easy but it sure is hard enough

ME AND BOBBY AND BOBBY'S BROTHER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

Well there was me and Bobby and Bobby's brotherPlease take me back to that placeWhere I've got all my memories, those were my happiest days

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I remember all the games we used to playI really doAnd I went to see them almost every dayI wanted toThough we quarrelled at timesAnd had a few fightsWe were the best of friendsWe found a place in the sunTo have enough fun

Well there was me and Bobby and Bobby's brotherWildest kids you could seeWe would play togetherClimbing the apple treeYes there was me and Bobby and Bobby's brotherPlease take me back to that placeWhere I've got all me my memories, those were my happiest days

They would take me out for football games and suchThey liked to playAnd I guess I didn't like it very muchBut anywayI was happy and proud to be with the boysBeing a little girlI found a place in the sunTo have enough fun

Well there was me and Bobby and Bobby's brotherWildest kids you could seeWe would play togetherClimbing the apple treeYes there was me and Bobby and Bobby's brotherPlease take me back to that placeWhere I've got all me my memories, those were my happiest days

Well there was me and Bobby and Bobby's brotherPlease take me back to that placeWhere I've got all my memories, those were my happiest days(Got all my memories, those were my happiest days)Where I've got all my memories, those were my happiest days(Got all my memories, those were my happiest days)Where I've got all my memories, those were my happiest days(Got all my memories, those were my happiest days)

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HE IS YOUR BROTHER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1972

I was a fighter always looking for troubleAnd my life was so empty, there was nothing left to live forBut then it happened one night as I got into a fightI could hear someone saying as though he was prayingAh-a-ah-a-a-a-ah-ah

Treat him well, he is your brotherYou might need his help some dayWe depend on one anotherLove him, that's the only wayOn the road (on the road) that we're goingWe all need (we all need) words of comfort and compassionTreat him well, he is your brotherLove him, that's the only way

I was a woman never thinking of othersAnd my life was so lonely, didn't care for anybodyBut then I happened to meet a begging man in the streetAs I turned down his praying I heard someone sayingAh-a-ah-a-a-a-ah-ah

Treat him well, he is your brother (brother)You might need his help one day (he's your brother)We depend on one another (brother)Love him, that's the only wayOn the road (on the road) that we're going (that we're going)We all need (we all need) words of comfort and compassionTreat him well, he is your brother (brother)Love him, that's the only way.

Treat him well, he is your brother (brother)You might need his help one day (he's your brother)We depend on one another (brother)Love him, that's the only way

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SHE'S MY KIND OF GIRL(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1970

Look at her face, it's a wonderful faceAnd it means something special to meLook at the way that she smiles when she sees meHow lucky can one fellow be?

She's just my kind of girl, she makes me feel fineWho could ever believe that she could be mine?She's just my kind of girl, without her I'm blueAnd if she ever leaves me what could I do, what could I do?

And when we go for a walk in the parkAnd she holds me and squeezes my handWe'll go on walking for hours and talkingAbout all the things that we plan

She's just my kind of girl, she makes me feel fineWho could ever believe that she could be mine?She's just my kind of girl, without her I'm blueAnd if she ever leaves me what could I do, what could I do?

I AM JUST A GIRL(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

I am just a girl, one among the others, nothing much to sayPlain and simple girl, not a special type in any wayJust one look, and you will surely seeThat the truth is nobody is meIt's an evil world that has only made me a girl

I am just a girl, not the kind of woman men would like to meetJust another girl no-one ever looks at in the streetBut today, I can't believe it's trueWhen you smiled and whispered "I love you"Darling I could see, I was meant to be your girl

It's a funny feeling when you get to love someoneAnd thinking that he'll never look your wayBut then he says he loves you, and life has just begun

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It's so much more than any words can say

I am just a girl, not the kind of woman men would like to meetJust another girl no-one ever looks at in the streetBut today, I can't believe it's trueWhen you smiled and whispered "I love you"Darling I could see, I was meant to be your girl

La la la la la, la la la la la-la, la la la la laaaLa la la la la, la la la la la-la, la la laaaBut today, I can't believe it's trueWhen you smiled and whispered "I love you"Darling I could see, I was meant to be your girl

ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1973

Sitting in the darkest cornerIn the tender light I saw her faceShe was looking so sad and lonelySomeone help me, someone save meI could see the look she gave me, ohOh yeah, and there was one thing onlyThat I knew I could do

Let's go girlIt's a beautiful place this worldCome on baby let's danceTo the rock'n'roll bandLet's go nowLet me show you that I know howCome on baby let's danceTo the rock'n roll bandCome on baby let's danceTo the rock'n roll band

You'd been sitting there for hoursTry to hide behind the flowers nowBaby, we could have fun together

Come on, cheer up, let's get startedNo use being broken-hearted now

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Oh yeah, you're gonna feel much betterYes I know that you willLet's go girlIt's a beautiful place this worldCome on baby let's danceTo the rock'n roll bandLet's go nowLet me show you that I know howCome on baby let's danceTo the rock'n roll bandCome on baby let's danceTo the rock'n roll band

Merry-Go-Round(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I have tried in vainNever had successSo it seems my life is nothing but a messI have lostMy only friendNow it seems I have to start again

Merry-go-roundWhere am I boundWith my love and feelingsMerry-go-roundWho wants to kiss meAnd hug me and miss meYes, who wants to do itI wish that I knew it

Merry-go-round (merry, merry)Wish I had found (merry-go-round)Somebody to care for (ooooh)Where am I boundLife is so lonelyIf life is just onlyTo love when my lovingGoes round and round

Looking for someoneWho would want to stay

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I might find herWith a bit of luck one dayBut who knowsSo until thenI can only try and try again

Merry-go-round (merry, merry)Where am I bound (merry-go-round)With my love and feelings (ooooh)Merry-go-roundWho wants to kiss me (merry, merry)And hug me and miss me (merry, merry)Yes, who wants to do it (merry, merry)I wish that I knew it (merry, merry)

Merry-go-round (merry, merry)Wish I had found (merry-go-round)Somebody to care for (ooooh)Where am I boundLife is so lonelyIf life is just onlyTo love when my lovingGoes round and round

Merry-go-round (merry, merry)Where am I bound (merry-go-round)With my love and feelings (oooh)Merry-go-roundWho wants to kiss me (merry, merry)And hug me and miss me (merry, merry)Yes, who wants to do it (merry, merry)I wish that I knew it (merry, merry)

Merry-go-round (merry, merry)Wish I had found (merry-go-round)Somebody to care for (ooooh)Where am I boundLife is so lonelyIf life is just onlyTo love when my lovingGoes round and round

Merry-go-round, merry-go-round, merry-go-round (merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round)Merry-go-rooooundMerry-go-round, merry-go-round, merry-go-round (merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round)Merry-go-rooooundMerry-go-round, merry-go-round, merry-go-round (merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round)

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Merry-go-rooooundMerry-go-round, merry-go-round, merry-go-round (merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round)Merry-go-rooooundMerry-go-round, merry-go-round, merry-go-round (merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round)Merry-go-roooound

©1972 Union Songs AB

Santa Rosa(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa RosaHow I wish this road would take meHome where I belong'Cause I have foundNo other placeWhere I would stayI'm tired and grownMy dreams have failedAlong the way

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa RosaThough I wonder what my folks wouldThink about me nowI guess I've changedLike people doWhen things go wrongBut in the endSomehow I knowWe'll get along

Pa...Santa Rosa I'll be back to stayPa...I'm on my wayPa...Santa Rosa I'll be back to stayPa..

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa RosaHow I wish to see the old houseWhere I used to liveAnd all my friendsWill they be thereWhen I come home?

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How I regretThe day when ISet up to go

Pa...Santa Rosa I'll be back to stayPa...I'm on my wayPa...Santa Rosa I'll be back to stayPa..

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa Rosa (I'd give anything to be back home)

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa Rosa (I'd give anything to be back home)

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa Rosa (I'd give anything to be back home)

I'd give anything to be backHome in Santa Rosa (I'd give anything to be back home)

©1970 Polar Music International AB

Ring, Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)( B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

Tyst och död är telefonStår där nästan som ett hånInte ringer du och säger "Älskling" nu som du gjordeAllting är så tyst mot förrIngen knackar på min dörrDet som lockar mig frestar inte, nej, som det bordeInget rorar mig just nuIngen annan bara du! åh

Ring ring! Bara du slog en signalRing ring! Tystnaden är så totalRing ring! Skingra den oron som malOm jag fick en signal, tog jag ett språngHjärtat gjorde en volt, ding-dong bing-bong!Om du ring-ring-ringde en endaste gång!Om du ring-ring-ringde en endaste gång!

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Att en telefon kan va'Lika tyst varenda dagOm det vore så, det var nåt fel ändå, men desvärre...Om den bara sa ett knystOm den inte blott var tystOm jag fick nån lön för nån enda bön av vå Herre!Inget rorar mig just nuIngen annan bara du! Åh

Ring ring! Bara du slog en signalRing ring! Tystnaden är så totalRing ring! Skingra den oron som malOm jag fick en signal, tog jag ett språngHjärtat gjorde en volt, ding-dong bing-bong!Om du ring-ring-ringde en endaste gång!Om du ring-ring-ringde en endaste gång!

©1973 Polar Music AB, Union Songs AB, Starton Musikforlag AB

WATERLOO(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrenderOh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar wayThe history book on the shelfIs always repeating itself

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the warWaterloo - Promise to love you for ever moreWaterloo - Couldn't escape if I wanted toWaterloo - Knowing my fate is to be with youWaterloo - Finally facing my Waterloo

My my, I tried to hold you back but you were strongerOh yeah, and now it seems my only chance is giving up the fightAnd how could I ever refuseI feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the warWaterloo - Promise to love you for ever moreWaterloo - Couldn't escape if I wanted toWaterloo - Knowing my fate is to be with you

And how could I ever refuse

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I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the warWaterloo - Promise to love you for ever moreWaterloo - Couldn't escape if I wanted toWaterloo - Knowing my fate is to be with youWaterloo - Finally facing my Waterloo

SITTING IN THE PALMTREE(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

See me sitting in the palmtreeLooking down at people passing bySitting here no-one can harm meThey just stare at me and wonder whyNo need to bother, I'm gonna stay up hereWhatever happens, I won't let no-one nearUntil you tell me, Jeanie Jeanie on my mind, won't you pleaseYou really love me, Jeanie Jeanie you're so fine, yes you are nowAnd in the evening, when the sun goes downI'll be the bluest of men in this town'Cause I love you, Jeanie Jeanie on my mind

See me sitting in the palmtreeWaiting for those little words from youPeople laugh and point their fingersLike I was a monkey at the zooBut I will stay here, among my coconutsSo you will know dear, you're everything I've gotNow won't you tell me, Jeanie Jeanie on my mind

Winds blow, stars glow, I see a light in a windowDark trees, soft breeze, carry my message to her please

See me sitting in the palmtreeFeeling angry at the silly crowdNo-one else but you can calm meYou should know by now I'm far too proudI need to show you, I've got my feelings tooYou shouldn't treat me like you always doSo won't you tell me, Jeanie Jeanie on my mind, won't you pleaseYou really love me, Jeanie Jeanie you're so fine, yes you are nowAnd in the evening, when the sun goes down

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I'll be the bluest of men in this town'Cause I love you, Jeanie Jeanie on my mindJeanie Jeanie you're so fineJeanie Jeanie on my mindJeanie Jeanie you're so fineJeanie Jeanie on my mindJeanie Jeanie you're so fine

KING KONG SONG(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Well I was looking at a movie on the TV last nightThen I had a very funny notion, yeahI really had to write a song about itAnd then I'm gonna sing it with my rock'n roll bandAnd I bet the people gonna like it, yeahI know that everybody's gonna shout it

And what a dreadful mighty killerA big black wide gorilla

We do the King Kong song, won't you sing alongListen to the music and it couldn't go wrongWe do the Kong Kong song, gotta sing alongCan't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tomListen to the rhythm of the King Kong song

Now we can make the jungle out of any old placeWe can make gorillas out of people, yeahWell who can tell a monkey from a monkey?So people get together, gonna have a good timeEverybody listen to the music, yeah'Cause what we're gonna sing is kinda funky

So let your arms hang downAnd waddle all aroundLike a dreadful mighty killerA big black wide gorilla

We do the King Kong song, won't you sing alongListen to the music and it couldn't go wrongWe do the Kong Kong song, gotta sing alongCan't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom

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Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song

Like a dreadful mighty killerA big black wide gorilla

We do the King Kong song, won't you sing alongListen to the music and it couldn't go wrongWe do the Kong Kong song, gotta sing alongCan't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tomListen to the rhythm of the King Kong song

We do the King Kong song, won't you sing alongListen to the music and it couldn't go wrongWe do the Kong Kong song, gotta sing alongCan't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tomListen to the rhythm of the King Kong song

HASTA MAÑANA(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Where is the spring and the summerThat once was yours and mine?Where did it go?I just don't knowBut still my love for you will live forever

Hasta Mañana 'til we meet againDon't know where, don't know whenDarling, our love was much too strong to dieWe'll find a way to face a new tomorrowHasta Mañana, say we'll meet againI can't do without youTime to forget, send me a letterSay you forgive, the sooner the betterHasta Mañana, baby, Hasta Mañana, until then

Where is the dream we were dreamingAnd all the nights we sharedWhere did they go?I just don't knowAnd I can't tell you just how much I miss you

Hasta Mañana 'til we meet again

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Don't know where, don't know whenDarling, our love was much too strong to dieWe'll find a way to face a new tomorrowHasta Mañana, say we'll meet againI can't do without youTime to forget, send me a letterSay you forgive, the sooner the betterHasta Mañana, baby, Hasta Mañana, until then

Hasta Mañana, say we'll meet againI can't do without youTime to forget, send me a letterSay you forgive, the sooner the betterHasta Mañana, baby, Hasta Mañana, until then

MY MAMA SAID(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Tried to sneak out without sayingWith my loudest record playingOoh, my mama said, "Look at this, you haven't done your bed"My mama said, "That's a thing that you should do instead"

Then I did what she had told meDying for my friend to hold meOoh, my mama said, "Try and get one thing into your head"My mama said, "Pa and me, we give you room and bed"How I wanna live my lifeWanna live my lifeLa-la-la, la-la-la, life

In the morning she said "Listen"Ooh, I felt like in a prisonYeah, my mama said, "I know you've been out again with Fred"(My mama said)My mama said, "Don't you lie, your cheeks are blushing red"(My mama said)Oh I wanna live my lifeWanna live my lifeLa-la-la, la-la-la, life

I said I can live without itHow I wish you wouldn't doubt it

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Ooh, my mama said, "If you want to hurt me go ahead"(My mama said)My mama said, "I suppose you'd rather see me dead"(My mama said)Oh I wanna live my lifeWanna live my lifeLa-la-la, la-la-la, lifeLa-la-la, la-la-la, lifeLa-la-la, la-la-la, lifeLa-la-la, la-la-la, life

DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON)(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Oh, my love it makes me sad.Why did things turn out so bad?Was it just a dream, everything we did, everything we had?

Baby, give me one moreDance while the music still goes onDon't think about tomorrowDance and forget our time is goneTonight's a night we borrow.Let's make it a memory, a night of our ownA thing to remember when we're all aloneSo dance, it's our way to say goodbye

Yes, all we have to do isDance while the music still goes onThis is no time for cryingDance, don't you hear them play our songGod knows that we've been tryingBut we didn't make it 'cause nothing's the sameWe just couldn't help it, nobody's to blameSo dance while the music still goes onAnd let it be our last goodbye

Yet it seems to make me sad.Why did things turn out so bad?Was it just a dream, everything we did, everything we had?

Baby, give me one lastDance while the music still goes on

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Just like the night I met youDance and believe me, when you're goneYou know I won't forget youOur love was a snowbird, it's flying awayYou tell me it's over, what more can I say?So dance while the music still goes onIt's gonna be our last goodbye

Dance while the music still goes onDon't think about tomorrowDance and forget our time is goneTonight's a night we borrow.Let's make it a memory, a night of our ownA thing to remember when we're all aloneSo dance while the music still goes onAnd let it be our last goodbye

Dance while the music still goes onThis is no time for cryingDance, don't you hear them play our songGod knows that we've been tryingDance while the music still goes onJust like the night I met youDance and believe me, when you're goneYou know I won't forget you

HONEY HONEY(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honeyHoney honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honeyI'd heard about you beforeI wanted to know some moreAnd now I know what they mean, you're a love machineOh, you make me dizzy

Honey honey, let me feel it, ah-hah, honey honeyHoney honey, don't conceal it, ah-hah, honey honeyThe way that you kiss goodnight(The way that you kiss me goodnight)The way that you hold me tight(The way that you're holding me tight)I feel like I wanna sing when you do your thing

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I don't wanna hurt you, baby, I don't wanna see you crySo stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too highBut I'm gonna stick to you, boy, you'll never get rid of meThere's no other place in this world where I rather would be

Honey honey, touch me, baby, ah-hah, honey honeyHoney honey, hold me, baby, ah-hah, honey honeyYou look like a movie star(You look like a movie star)But I know just who you are(I know just who you are)And, honey, to say the least, you're a dog-gone beast

So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too highThere's no other place in this world where I rather would be

Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honeyHoney honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honeyI heard about you beforeI wanted to know some moreAnd now I know what they mean, you're a love machine

WHAT ABOUT LIVINGSTONE(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Went to buy me a paper at the local news-standAnd then I heard them laugh and sayLook, they're gonna go flying way up to the moon nowHey, what's it good for anyway?So I saidFellas, like to ask you a thing if I may

What about Livingstone?What about all those men?Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the wayTell me, wasn't it worth the whileTravelling up the NilePutting themselves on testDidn't that help the rest?Wasn't it worth it then?What about Livingstone?

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And all of those fellas at the local news-standDidn't know what to answer or what to saySo I told them about him, that he was just likeOne of those spacemen in his wayAnd if you laugh at themThen there's only a thing I can say

What about Livingstone?What about all those men?Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the wayTell me, wasn't it worth the whileTravelling up the NilePutting themselves on testDidn't that help the rest?Wasn't it worth it then?

What about Livingstone?(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)What about all those men?(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the wayTell me, wasn't it worth the while(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)Travelling up the Nile(Didn't he do it?)Putting themselves on testDidn't that help the rest?(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)Wasn't it worth it then?What about Livingstone?(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)What about all those men?(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)

WATCH OUT(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

You move like a flame of fireYour eyes like a flash of lightningYou lie since you're cold insideAnd I'm gonna tame you, wild thingYou'd better watch outI said you'd better watch out

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Watch outAnywhere you go I'll find youWatch outI'll be staying close behind youAnd I've tired of waiting (Oooh-a-la-la)Yes it's driving me crazy (Oooh-a-la-la-la)And my patience is fading (Oooh-a-la-la)Oh, you'd better watch outI said you'd better watch out

You speak and you're funny latelyYou act like I was a strangerI think you're beginning to hate meBut then you're a girl in danger

You'd better watch outOoh, I said you'd better watch outWatch outAnywhere you go I'll find youWatch outI'll be staying close behind youAnd I've tired of waiting (Oooh-a-la-la)Yes it's driving me crazy (Oooh-a-la-la-la)And my patience is fading (Oooh-a-la-la)So you'd better watch outYes I said you'd better watch outWatch outWatch out

And I've tired of waiting (Oooh-a-la-la)Yes it's driving me crazy (Oooh-a-la-la-la)And my patience is fading (Oooh-a-la-la)I said you'd better watch outOh girl you'd better watch outAh, you'd better watch outOoh, ah, you'd better watch out

GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

You say she's been mad at youThen you say you'll be patient, oohStill I see that she makes you blue

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Come on, I'll give you consolationGonna sing you my love song, gonna bring you some lightGonna make you feel happy every day of your lifeGonna sing you my love song, gonna make it all rightYou're all I ever need, my darling

Just to be where you wanna beSo much fun we could have then, hmmTo be close for eternityWhat a miracle to happen

Gonna sing you my love song, gonna sing it for youGonna give you sweet loving, gonna give myself tooGonna sing you my love song, when I think about youI know she doesn't make it easy'Cause you don't please her like you please me

You're my life, you're my angelYou're my first, you're my lastWould she care if you lingeredFor another nightWanna hold you tightWe could make it right

Gonna sing you my love song, gonna bring you some lightGonna make you feel happy every day of your lifeGonna sing you my love song, gonna make it all rightI know she doesn't make it easyGonna sing you my love song, gonna sing it for youGonna give you sweet loving, gonna give myself tooGonna sing you my love song, when I think about youYou're all I ever need, my darlingAnd I would love to sing my love songFor you

SUZY-HANG-AROUND(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1974

Suzy was nine and I was tenRight at the time when boys like to think they're menShe used to follow us at schoolWe really thought that she was a little foolAnd one day we said to her

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We don't want to hurt you girlBut you'd better

Look for a friend of your own, Suzy-hang-aroundBetter come back when you're grown, Suzy-hang-aroundNobody wants you around here and that's for sureSo get off our playground and stay awayThat's all that we've got to saySuzy-hang-around

Suzy went home to Mama's armsMama said "Look, she's never done you no harmSo get off her back and let her beWhy can't you play together in harmony?"We really didn't know what to sayBut as soon as she went awayWe laughed and said

Look for a friend of your own, Suzy-hang-aroundBetter come back when you're grown, Suzy-hang-aroundNobody wants you around here and that's for sureSo get off our playground and stay awayThat's all that we've got to saySuzy-hang-around

Yes you'd betterLook for a friend of your own, Suzy-hang-aroundBetter come back when you're grown, Suzy-hang-aroundNobody wants you around here and that's for sureSo get off our playground and stay awayThat's all that we've got to saySuzy-hang-around

Waterloo(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

Jo jo, vid Waterloo Napoleon fick ge sigMen men, sitt öde kan man möta på så många skilda sättSjälv känner jag, sen jag mött digHistorien upprepar sig

Waterloo, jag är besegrad, nu ger jag migWaterloo, lova mej nöjet att älska digWaterloo, allting känns rätt, och det är min troWaterloo, du är mitt öde, mitt Waterloo

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Wah-wah-wah-wah WaterlooDu är mitt öde, mitt Waterloo

Jo jo, man värjer sig och fäktas i det längstaMen men, mot känslor kämpar gudarna förgävas har man sagtDet är som jag hörde en sångJag tror det är kärlek på gång

Waterloo, så har man funnit sin övermanWaterloo, mäktig och väldig och stark är hanWaterloo, allting känns rätt, och det är min troWaterloo, du är mitt öde, mitt WaterlooWah-wah-wah-wah WaterlooDu är mitt öde, mitt Waterloo

Det är som jag hörde en sångJag tror det är kärlek på gång

Waterloo, allting känns rätt, och det är min troWaterloo, du är mitt öde, mitt WaterlooWah-wah-wah-wah WaterlooDu är mitt öde, mitt Waterloo

©1974 Polar Music AB, Union Songs AB

Honey, Honey(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

Honey honey, underbara, ah-ha, honey honeyHoney honey, söta rara, ah-ha, honey honeyDom viskar så söta ordDu är deras allt på jordDet där ska du inte troBara ta't me' roSånt är bara smicker

Honey honey, inte illa, ah-ha, honey honeyHoney honey, flicka lilla, ah-ha, honey honeyDen kvarnen som mal är tomOch det är en ynkedomNej, killar som snackar såLitar ingen på

Det brukar va' dom som svikerSom ivrigast hållit me'Men vet man det baraSå kan man nog klara det

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Tro inte på önskesmickerOch passa dej vad du görOch håll dej med benen på jordenJa, vad du än hör

Honey honey, viskar alla, ah-ha, honey honeyHoney honey, lätt att falla, ah-ha, honey honeyMen tro bara det du villOch lägg inte märke tillDet söta du alltid hörSom så många gör

Tro inte på smickerNej, passa dej vad du gör

Ja, håll dig med benen på jordenJa, vad du än hör

Honey honey, underbara, ah-ha, honey honeyHoney honey, söta rara, ah-ha, honey honeyMen socker är inte alltSå ta't me' en nypa saltOch är du förstståndig se'nTar du inte enNej, då tar du måa

©1974 Union AB

MAMMA MIA(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

I've been cheated by you since I don't know whenSo I made up my mind, it must come to an endLook at me now, will I ever learn?I don't know how but I suddenly lose controlThere's a fire within my soulJust one look and I can hear a bell ringOne more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go againMy my, how can I resist you?Mamma mia, does it show again?My my, just how much I've missed youYes, I've been brokenhearted

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Blue since the day we partedWhy, why did I ever let you go?Mamma mia, now I really know,My my, I could never let you go.

I've been angry and sad about the things that you doI can't count all the times that I've told you we're throughAnd when you go, when you slam the doorI think you know that you won't be away too longYou know that I'm not that strong.Just one look and I can hear a bell ringOne more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go againMy my, how can I resist you?Mamma mia, does it show again?My my, just how much I've missed youYes, I've been brokenheartedBlue since the day we partedWhy, why did I ever let you go?Mamma mia, even if I sayBye bye, leave me now or nevermamma mia, it's a game we playBye bye doesn't mean forever

Mamma mia, here I go againMy my, how can I resist you?Mamma mia, does it show again?My my, just how much I've missed youYes, I've been brokenheartedBlue since the day we partedWhy, why did I ever let you goMamma mia, now I really knowMy my, I could never let you go

HEY HEY HELEN(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

So at last you're freeIt's the way you wanted it to beAnd the price you paidTo become a woman of todayIs it worth the pain to see the children cry

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Does it hurt when they ask for Daddy

Hey hey HelenNow you live on your ownHey hey HelenCan you make it alone(Yes you can)

So you're free at lastAnd beginning to forget the pastDoes it make you sadWhen you think about the life you ha-ha-hadBut you're right, you had to take a second chanceSo you fight to find your freedom

Hey hey HelenNow you live on your ownHey hey HelenCan you make it aloneHey hey Helen (hey hey Helen)What's the matter with youHey hey Helen (hey hey Helen)Don't you know what to do(Yes you do)(Ahah, yes you do yes you do)(Ahah, yes you do yes you do)

Hey hey HelenNow you live on your ownHey hey HelenCan you make it aloneHey hey Helen (hey hey Helen)What's the matter with youHey hey Helen (hey hey Helen)Don't you know what to doHey hey Helen (hey hey Helen)Now you live on your ownHey hey Helen (hey hey Helen)

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TROPICAL LOVELAND(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

Come to my loveland, wander alongBeautiful gardens full of flowers and songsCome to the sunshine, beaches and sandHere's the two bluebirds, won't you come to my land

The grass is mellow and the sky is blueMy paradise is waiting here for you

Oooh, it's a tropical lovelandOooh, I wanna share it with youLife can be funnyHappy and sunnyOooh, in my tropical loveland

Come to my loveland, wander with meLie with me darling in the shade of a treeOver the rainbow, under the moonThat's where my land is, won't you come to me soon?

Just take my hand, I'll show you everythingThe secrets that my paradise can bring

Oooh, it's a tropical lovelandOooh, I wanna share it with youLife can be funnyHappy and sunnyOooh, in my tropical loveland

Oooh, it's a tropical lovelandOooh, I wanna share it with you(I wanna share it with you)Oooh, it's a tropical loveland(It's a tropical loveland)Oooh, I wanna share it with youOooh, it's a tropical lovelandOooh, I wanna share it with you

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S.O.S.(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to findI tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mindWhatever happened to our love?I wish I understoodIt used to be so nice, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear meS. O. S.The love you gave me, nothing else can save meS. O. S.When you're goneHow can I even try to go on?When you're goneThough I try how can I carry on?

You seem so far away though you are standing nearYou made me feel alive, but something died I fearI really tried to make it outI wish I understoodWhat happened to our love, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear meS. O. S.The love you gave me, nothing else can save meS. O. S.When you're goneHow can I even try to go on?When you're goneThough I try how can I carry on?

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear meS. O. S.And the love you gave me, nothing else can save meS. O. S.When you're goneHow can I even try to go on?When you're goneThough I try how can I carry on?When you're goneHow can I even try to go on?When you're goneThough I try how can I carry on?

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MAN IN THE MIDDLE(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

Did you see that man in the limousineWith the pretty doll, he is fifty and the girl's only seventeenBut she doesn't care, and she never willIf he's ninety-five she don't give a damnJust as long as he pays the bill

Did you see that man with a fat cigarHe just left his lunch with a belly full of lobster and caviarHe can choose the wine from a vintage yearHe will drink champagne in his limousineWhere the rest of the street can peer

'Cause he's the man in the middle, never second fiddleJust like a spider in a cobwebHard as a hammer, not the kind of boss you double-cross'Cause he's the man in the middle, knows the way to diddleHe's never bothered by his conscienceDeals with the Devil, 'cause he wants to beMan in the middle, the middle, the middleIn the middle (in the middle, in the middle)

But you see that man made a big mistakeEven though he's got all his servants and a mansion beside a lakeAnd the money too, all that he can spendHe can buy the most, nearly anythingBut he can't buy the lot, his friend

'Cause he's the man in the middle, never second fiddleJust like a spider in a cobwebHard as a hammer, not the kind of boss you double-cross'Cause he's the man in the middle, knows the way to diddleHe's never bothered by his conscienceDeals with the Devil, 'cause he wants to beMan in the middle, the middle, the middleIn the middle (in the middle, in the middle)

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BANG-A-BOOMERANG(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

Making somebody happy is a question of give and takeYou can learn how to show it so come on, give yourself a breakEvery smile and every little touchDon't you know that they mean so muchSweet sweet kisses so tenderAlways will return to sender

Like a bang, a boom-a-boomerangDum-be-dum-dum be-dum-be-dum-dumOh bang, a boom-a-boomerangLove is a tune you hum-de-hum-humSo give it away, I think you'll learnYou'll get love in returnSo bang, a boom-a-boomerang is loveA boom-a-boomerang is love

Love is always around and you can look for it anywhereWhen you feel that you've found it my advice is to take good careNever use it as a selfish toolNever ever be such a foolEvery feeling you're showingIs a boomerang you're throwing

Yes a bang, a boom-a-boomerangDum-be-dum-dum be-dum-be-dum-dumOh bang, a boom-a-boomerangLove is a tune you hum-de-hum-humSo give it away, I think you'll learnYou'll get love in returnSo bang, a boom-a-boomerang is love

And if you're warm and tenderI'll kiss you, return to senderPlease surrender

Bang, a boom-a-boomerangDum-be-dum-dum be-dum-be-dum-dumOh bang, a boom-a-boomerang is loveA boom-a-boomerang is love

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I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

Love me or leave me, make your choice but believe meI love youI do, I do, I do, I do, I doI can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it?Don't you too?I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

Oh, I've been dreaming through my lonely pastNow I just made it, I found you at last

So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it'Cos it's trueI do, I do, I do, I do, I do

Oh, no hard feelings between you and meIf we can't make it, but just wait and see

So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it'Cos it's trueI do, I do, I do, I do, I doSo love me or leave me, make your choice but believe meI love youI do, I do, I do, I do, I doI can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it?Don't you too?I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

ROCK ME(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

Rock me, give me that kick nowRock me, show me that trick nowRoll me, you can do magicBaby, and I can't get enough of itRock me, give me that feelingRoll me, rocking and reelingBaby, so don't stop doing it, don't stop doing it, now(Don't stop the rocking, don't stop the rocking

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I said don't stop the rocking)

Wanna be wanna be in my baby's armsGonna be gonna beNice and gentle if you want me toJust as long as I'm in love with youYours for ever, honey, that's what IWanna be wanna be wanna be, yeah

Rock me, give me that kick nowRock me, show me that trick nowRoll me, you can do magicBaby, and I can't get enough of itRock me, give me that feelingRoll me, rocking and reelingBaby, so don't stop doing it, don't stop doing it, now(Don't stop the rocking, don't stop the rockingI said don't stop the rocking)

Wanna be wanna be with the one that I love, love, loveGonna be gonna beWith you baby every single nightI can teach you how to rock all rightYour sweet lover, honey, that's what IWanna be wanna be wanna be, yeah

Rock me, give me that kick nowRock me, show me that trick nowRoll me, you can do magicBaby, and I can't get enough of itRock me, give me that feelingRoll me, rocking and reelingBaby, so don't stop doing it, don't stop doing itRock me (rock me), give me that kick nowRoll me (roll me), show me that trick nowBaby, so don't stop doing it, don't stop doing itRock me (rock me), give me that feelingRoll me (roll me), rocking and reelingBaby, so don't stop doing it, don't stop doing it

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I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

I, I've been in love beforeI thought I would no moreManage to hit the ceilingStill, strange as it seems to meYou brought it back to meThat old feeling

I, I don't know what you doYou make me think that youPossibly could release meI think you'll be able toMake all my dreams come trueAnd you ease me

You thrill me, you delight meYou please me, you excite meYou're something I'd been pleading forI love you, I adore youI lay my life before youI'll have you want me more and moreAnd finally it seems my lonely days are throughI've been waiting for you

I, I'm gonna make you mineYou're gonna feel so fineYou'll never want to leave meI feel you belong to meSomeday you will agreePlease, believe me

You thrill me, you delight meYou please me, you excite meYou're something I'd been pleading forI love you, I adore youI lay my life before youI'll have you want me more and moreAnd finally it seems my lonely days are throughI've been waiting for youOh, I've been waiting for you

Na na na, na na na, na-na naNa na na, na na na, na-na na

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Na na na, na na na, na-na na-naa

SO LONG(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1975

You think you're gonna make me sulk, you and your fancy car, ah-ha-haBut I can tell you honey your tricks ain't gonna get you far, ah-ha-haThey say that money's got a magic touchBut not to me, it doesn't mean that muchYou won't have me tonightAll right, all right, all right, all right

So long, see you honeyYou can't buy me with your moneyChasing, dazing, driving me crazyBut I'll never be your girlSo long, see you honeyYou can't buy me with your moneyYou know it's not worth tryingSo long, so long, so long

You didn't have to send me flowers like you did today, ah-ha-haI wouldn't keep a thing from you, I gave them all away, ah-ha-haThe girls might fall for everything you've gotBut I'm not one of them, you know I'm notYou won't have me tonightAll right, all right, all right, all right

So long, see you honeyYou can't buy me with your moneyChasing, dazing, driving me crazyBut I'll never be your girlSo long, see you honeyYou can't buy me with your moneyYou know it's not worth tryingSo long, so long, so long

So long, see you honeyYou can't buy me with your moneyYou know it's not worth tryingSo long, so long, so longSo long, so long, so long

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So long, so long, so long

WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

Everybody screamed when I kissed the teacherAnd they must have thought they dreamed when I kissed the teacherAll my friends at schoolThey had never seen the teacher blush, he looked like a foolNearly petrified 'cos he was taken by surpriseWhen I kissed the teacherCouldn't quite believe his eyes, when I kissed the teacherMy whole class went wildAs I held my breath, the world stood still, but then he just smiledI was in the seventh heaven when I kissed the teacher

One of these daysGonna tell him I dream of him every nightOne of these daysGonna show him I care, gonna teach him a lesson alright

I was in a trance when I kissed the teacherSuddenly I took the chance when I kissed the teacherLeaning over me, he was trying to explain the laws of geometryAnd I couldn't help it, I just had to kiss the teacher

One of these daysGonna tell him I dream of him every nightOne of these daysGonna show him I care, gonna teach him a lesson alright

What a crazy day, when I kissed the teacherAll my sense had flown away when I kissed the teacherMy whole class went wildAs I held my breath, the world stood still, but then he just smiledI was in the seventh heaven when I kissed the teacher(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)When I kissed the teacher(I wanna hug, hug him)When I kissed the teacher(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)When I kissed the teacher(I wanna hug, hug him)

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When I kissed the teacher(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)

DANCING QUEEN(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your lifeSee that girl, watch that scene, dig in the Dancing Queen

Friday night and the lights are lowLooking out for the place to goWhere they play the right music, getting in the swingYou come in to look for a KingAnybody could be that guyNight is young and the music's highWith a bit of rock music, everything is fineYou're in the mood for a danceAnd when you get the chance...

You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeenDancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourineYou can dance, you can jive, having the time of your lifeSee that girl, watch that scene, dig in the Dancing Queen

You're a teaser, you turn 'em onLeave them burning and then you're goneLooking out for another, anyone will doYou're in the mood for a danceAnd when you get the chance...

You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeenDancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourineYou can dance, you can die, having the time of your lifeSee that girl, watch that scene, diggin the Dancing Queen

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MY LOVE, MY LIFE(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

I've seen it on your faceTells me more than any worn-out old phrase

So now we'll go separate waysNever again we two

Never again, nothing I can do

Like an image passing by, my love, my lifeIn the mirror of your eyes, my love, my life

I can see it all so clearly(See it all so clearly)Answer me sincerely

(Answer me sincerely)Was it a dream, a lie?

Like reflections of your mind, my love, my lifeAre the words you try to find, my love, my life

But I know I don't possess youSo go away, God bless you

You are still my love and my lifeStill my one and only

I've watched you look awayTell me is it really so hard to say?Oh, this has been my longest day

Sitting here close to youKnowing that maybe tonight we're through

Like an image passing by, my love, my lifeIn the mirror of your eyes, my love, my life

I can see it all so clearly(See it all so clearly)Answer me sincerely

(Answer me sincerely)Was it a dream, a lie?

Like reflections of your mind, my love, my lifeAre the words you try to find, my love, my life

But I know I don't possess youSo go away, God bless you

You are still my love and my lifeYes I know I don't possess you

So go away, God bless youYou are still my love and my life

Still my one and only

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DUM DIDDLE(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

I can hear how you work, practising hardPlaying night and day, woah-ohAnd it sounds better nowYes, you improve every time you play, woah-ohBut it's badYou're so sadAnd you're only smilingWhen you play your violin

Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddleTo be so near you and not just hear youDum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddleI think then maybe you'd see me, babyYou'd be mineAnd we'd be together all the timeWish I was, dum-dum-diddle, your darling fiddle

But I think you don't know that I existI'm the quiet kind, woah-ohFrom the day when I first listened to youYou've been on my mind, woah-ohYou don't careIt's not fairAnd you're only smilingWhen you play your violin

Dum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddleTo be so near you and not just hear youDum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddleI think then maybe you'd see me, babyYou'd be mineAnd we'd be together all the timeDum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddleTo be so near you and not just hear youDum-dum-diddle, to be your fiddleI think then maybe you'd see me, babyYou'd be mineAnd we'd be together all the timeWish I was, dum-dum-diddle, your darling fiddle

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KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

No more carefree laughterSilence ever afterWalking through an empty house, tears in my eyesHere is where the story ends, this is goodbye

Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)There is nothing we can doKnowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)We just have to face it, this time we're through(This time we're through, this time we're throughThis time we're through, we're really through)Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go(I have to go this timeI have to go, this time I know)Knowing me, knowing youIt's the best I can do

Mem'ries (mem'ries), good days (good days), bad days (bad days)They'll be (they'll be), with me (with me) always (always)In these old familiar rooms children would playNow there's only emptiness, nothing to say

Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)There is nothing we can doKnowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)We just have to face it, this time we're through(This time we're through, this time we're throughThis time we're through, we're really through)Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go(I have to go this timeI have to go, this time I know)Knowing me, knowing youIt's the best I can do

MONEY MONEY MONEY(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay

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Ain't it sadAnd still there never seems to be a single penny left for meThat's too badIn my dreams I have a planIf I got me a wealthy manI wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball...

Money, money, moneyMust be funnyIn the rich man's worldMoney, money, moneyAlways sunnyIn the rich man's worldAha-ahaaaAll the things I could doIf I had a little moneyIt's a rich man's world

A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mindAin't it sadAnd if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy meThat's too badSo I must leave, I'll have to goTo Las Vegas or MonacoAnd win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...

Money, money, moneyMust be funnyIn the rich man's worldMoney, money, moneyAlways sunnyIn the rich man's worldAha-ahaaaAll the things I could doIf I had a little moneyIt's a rich man's world

Money, money, moneyMust be funnyIn the rich man's worldMoney, money, moneyAlways sunnyIn the rich man's worldAha-ahaaaAll the things I could doIf I had a little moneyIt's a rich man's world

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It's a rich man's world

THAT'S ME(S.Anderson/B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

Are you sure you wanna hear moreWhat if I ain't worth the whileNot the style you'd be looking forIf I'm sweet tonightThings look different in the morning lightI'm jealous and I'm proudIf you hurt my feelings I'll cry out loudI'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marryThat's me

Are you sure you wanna hear moreWould I be the one you seekMild and meek like the girl next doorDon't you realiseI may be an angel in disguise

It's lonely to be freeBut I'm not a man's toy, I'll never beI'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marryThat's me

I don't believe in fairy-talesSweet nothings in my earBut I do believe in sympathyThat's me, you see

Are you sure you wanna hear moreWon't you have a drink with meJust to see you're not really soreI can't help my waysI'm just not the girl to hide my faceI'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marryThat's me

There's a special loveLike an eagle flying with a doveI'll find it in the end

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If I keep on searching, but until thenI'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marryThat's me

There's a special loveLike an eagle flying with a doveI'll find it in the endIf I keep on searching, but until thenI'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marryThat's me

WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME?(S.Anderson/B.Andersson)

First release 1976

When you were lonely, you needed a manSomeone to lean on, well I understandIt's only naturalBut why did it have to be me?Nights can be empty, nights can be coldSo you were looking for someone to holdThat's only naturalBut why did it have to be me?

I was so lonesome, I was blueI couldn't help it, it had to be you and IAlways thought you knew the reason whyI only wanted a little love affairNow I can see you are beginning to careBut baby, believe meIt's better to forget me

Men are toys in the game that you playWhen you get tired, you throw them awayThat's only naturalBut why did it have to be me?Falling in love with a woman like youHappens so quickly, there's nothing to doIt's only naturalBut why did it have to be me?

I was so lonesome, I was blueI couldn't help it, it had to be you and IAlways thought you knew the reason why

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I only wanted a little love affairNow I can see you are beginning to careBut baby, believe meIt's better to forget me

TIGER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1976

The city is a jungle, you better take careNever walk alone after midnightIf you don't believe it you better beware of me

I am behind you, I'll always find you, I am the tigerPeople who fear me never go near me, I am the tiger

The city is a nightmare, a horrible dreamSome of us will dream it foreverLook around the corner and try not to scream it's me

I am behind you, I'll always find you, I am the tigerPeople who fear me never go near me, I am the tiger

Yellow eyes are glowing like the neon lightsYellow eyes, the spotlights of the city nights

I am behind you, I'll always find you, I am the tigerPeople who fear me never go near me, I am the tiger

The city is a prison, you never escapeYou're forever trapped in the alleysLook into the shadows and you'll see the shape of me

I am behind you, I'll always find you, I am the tigerPeople who fear me never go near me, I am the tiger

Yellow eyes are glowing like the neon lightsYellow eyes, the spotlights of the city nights

I am behind you, I'll always find you, I am the tigerPeople who fear me never go near me, I am the tigerAnd if I meet you, what if I eat you, I am the tigerI am behind you, I'll always find you, I am the tigerTiger, tiger, tiger!

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Fernando(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

Can you hear the drums, Fernando?I remember long agoAnother starry night like thisIn the firelight, FernandoYou were humming to yourselfAnd softly strumming your guitarI could hear the distant drumsAnd sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now, FernandoEvery hour, every minute seemed to last eternallyI was so afraid, FernandoWe were young and full of lifeAnd none of us prepared to dieAnd I'm not ashamed to sayThe roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that nightThe stars were bright, FernandoThey were shining there for you and meFor liberty, FernandoThough we never thought that we could loseThere's no regretIf I had to do the same againI would, my friend, FernandoIf I had to do the same againI would, my friend, Fernando

Now we're old and grey, FernandoSince many years I haven't seen a rifle in your handCan you hear the drums, Fernando?Do you still recall the fateful nightWe crossed the Rio Grande?I can see it in you eyesHow proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

There was something in the air that nightThe stars were bright, FernandoThey were shining there for you and meFor liberty, FernandoThough we never thought that we could loseThere's no regretIf I had to the same againI would, my friend, Fernando

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There was something in the air that nightThe stars were bright, FernandoThey were shining there for you and meFor liberty, FernandoThough we never thought that we could loseThere's no regretIf I had to do the same againI would, my friend, FernandoYes, if I had to do the same againI would, my friend, Fernando

If I had to do the same againI would, my friend, Fernando

©1976 Polar Music International AB

Eagle(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

They came flying from far awayNow I'm under their spellI love hearing the stories that they tellThey've seen places beyond my landAnd they've found new horizonsThey speak strangely but I understandAnd I dream I'm an eagleAnd I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, highI'm a bird in the skyI'm an eagle that rides on the breezeHigh, highWhat a feeling to flyOver mountains and forests and seasAnd to go anywhere that I please

As all good friends we talk all nightAnd we fly wing to wingI have questions and they know everythingThere's no limit to what I feelWe climb higher and higherAm I dreaming or is it all real?Is it true I'm an eagle?Is it true I can spread my wings?

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Flying high, high (I can fly)I'm a bird in the sky (I'm an eagle)I'm an eagle that rides on the breezeHigh, HighWhat a feeling to fly (what a feeling)Over mountains and forests and seasAnd to go anywhere that I please

And I dream I'm an eagleAnd I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high (I can fly)I'm a bird in the sky (I'm an eagle)I'm an eagle that rides on the breezeHigh, HighWhat a feeling to fly (what a feeling)Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please©1977 Union Songs AB

Take A Chance On Me(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

If you change your mind (take a chance...)I'm the first in lineHoney, I'm still freeTake a chance on meIf you need me let me knowGonna be aroundIf you've got no place to goWhen you're feeling down

If you're all aloneWhen the pretty birds have flownHoney, I'm still freeTake a chance on meGonna do my very bestAnd it ain't no lieIf you put me to the testIf you let me try

Take a chance on me (that's all I ask of you, honey)Take a chance on me

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We can go dancing (oh)We can go walking (yeah)As long as we're together (long as we're together)Listen to some music (oh)Maybe just talking (yeah)Get to know you better (get to know you better)'Cause you know I've gotSo much that I wanna doWhen I dream I'm alone with youIt's magicYou want me to leave it thereAfraid of a love affairBut I think you knowThat I can't let go

If you change your mind (take a chance...)I'm the first in lineHoney, I'm still freeTake a chance on meIf you need me, let me knowGonna be aroundIf you've got no place to goWhen you're feeling down

If you're all aloneWhen the pretty birds have flownHoney, I'm still freeTake a chance on meGonna do my very bestAnd it ain't no lieIf you put me to the testIf you let me try

Take a chance on me (come on, give me a break will you?)Take a chance on me

Oh, you can take your time, baby (oh)I'm in no hurry (yeah)Know I'm gonna get you (know I'm gonna get you)You don't wanna hurt me (oh)Baby, don't worry (yeah)I ain't gonna let you (I ain't gonna let you)Let me tell you nowMy love is strong enoughTo last when things are roughIt's magicYou say that I waste my time

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But I can't get you off my mindNo, I can't let go'Cause I love you so

If you change your mind (take a chance...)I'm the first in lineHoney, I'm still freeTake a chance on meIf you need me, let me knowGonna be aroundIf you've got no place to goWhen you're feeling down

If you're all aloneWhen the pretty birds have flownHoney, I'm still freeTake a chance on meGonna do my very bestBaby can't you seeGotta put me to the testTake a chance on me (take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba-ba ba ba baBa-ba ba ba baHoney, I'm still free Take a chance on meGonna do my very bestBaby can't you seeGotta put me to the testTake a chance on me (take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

©1977 Union Songs AB

One Man, One Woman(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

No smiles, not a single wordAt the breakfast tableThough I would have liked to beginSo much that I wanna sayBut I feel unableYou leave and you slam the doorLike you've done many times beforeAnd I cry and I feel so helpless

One man, one womanTwo friends and two true lovers

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Somehow we'll help each otherThrough the hard timesOne man, one womanOne life to live togetherOne chance to takeThat never comes back againYou and meTo the end

Outside I can see the sunThrough the open windowInside everything feels so coldWhat's wrong, what is happening?Where did all our love go?Sometimes when I just can't copeI cling to a desperate hopeAnd I cry and I feel like crying

One man, one womanTwo friends and two true loversSomehow we'll help each otherThrough the hard timesOne man, one womanThe one life to live togetherOne chance to takeThat never comes back againYou and meTo the end

Daydreams of a better lifeBut I have to wake upThe sound of a key in the doorYou smile and I realiseThat we need a shake-upOur love is a precious thingWorth the pain and the sufferingAnd it's never too late for changing

One man, one womanTwo friends and two true loversSomehow we'll help each otherThrough the hard timesOne man, one womanThe one life to live togetherOne chance to takeThat never comes back againYou and me

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To the endYou and meTo the end

©1977 Union Songs AB

The Name Of The Game(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

I've seen you twiceIn a short timeOnly a week since we startedIt seems to meFor every timeI'm getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible caseNo one ever could reach meBut I think I can see in your faceThere's a lot you can teach meSo I wanna know

What's the name of the game?Does it mean anything to you?What's the name of the game?Can you feel it the way I do?Tell me please'Cause I have to knowI'm a bashful childBeginning to grow

And you make me talk (doo-doo doo-doo)And you make me feel (doo-doo doo-doo)And you make me show (doo-doo doo-doo)What I'm trying to conceal (doo-doo doo-doo)If I trust in you (doo-doo doo-doo)Would you let me down? (doo-doo doo-doo)Would you laugh at me (doo-doo doo-doo)If I said I care for you? (aah)Could you feel the same way too?I wanna know

The name of the game

I have no friendsNo one to seeAnd I am never invited

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Now I am hereTalking to youNo wonder I get excited

Your smile and the sound of your voiceAnd the way you see through meGot a feeling you give me no choiceBut it means a lot to meSo I wanna know

What's the name of the game? (your smile and the sound of your voice)Does it mean anything to you? (got a feeling you give me no choice)But it means a lotWhat's the name of the game? (your smile and the sound of your voice)Can you feel it the way I do?Tell me please'Cause I have to knowI'm a bashful childBeginning to grow

And you make me talk (doo-doo doo-doo)And you make me feel (doo-doo doo-doo)And you make me show (doo-doo doo-doo)What I'm trying to conceal (doo-doo doo-doo)If I trust in you (doo-doo doo-doo)Would you let me down? (doo-doo doo-doo)Would you laugh at me (doo-doo doo-doo)If I said I care for you? (aah)Could you feel the same way too?I wanna knowOh yes, I wanna know

The name of the game (I was an impossible case)Does it mean anything to you? (but I think I can see in your face)And it means a lotWhat's the name of the game? (your smile and the sound of your voice)Can you feel it the way I do? (got a feeling you give me no choice)But it means a lotWhat's the name of the game? (I was an impossible case)Does it mean anything to you? (but I think I can see in your face)And it means a lot

©1977 Polar Music International AB

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Move On(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

They say a restless bodyCan hide a peaceful soulA voyager and a settlerThey both have a distant goalIf I explore the heavensOr if I search insideWell, it really doesn't matterAs long as I can tell myselfI've always tried

Like a roller in the oceanLife is motionMove onLike a wind that's always blowingLife is flowingMove onLike the sunrise in the morningLife is dawningMove onHow I treasure every minuteBeing part ofBeing in itWith the urge to move on

I've travelled every countryI've travelled in my mindIt seems we're on a journeyA trip through space and timeAnd somewhere lies the answerTo all the questions whyWhat really makes the differenceBetween all deadAnd living thingsThe will to stay alive

Like a roller in the ocean (la-la la la-la la la...)Life is motionMove onLike a wind that's always blowingLife is flowingMove onLike the sunrise in the morningLife is dawningMove on

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How I treasure every minuteBeing part ofBeing in itWith the urge to move on

The morning breeze that ripplesThe surface of the seaThe crying of the seagullsThat hover over meI see it and I hear itBut how can I explain?The wonder of the momentTo be aliveTo feel the sunThat follows every rain

Like a roller in the ocean (la-la la la-la la la...)Life is motionMove onLike a wind that's always blowingLife is flowingMove onLike the sunrise in the morningLife is dawningMove onHow I treasure every minuteBeing part ofBeing in itWith the urge to move on

La-la la la-la la la (move on)La-la la la-la la laLa la-la la la (move on)Like a wind that's always blowingLa-la la la-la la la (it's blowing)La-la la la-la la laLa la-la la la (move on)Like the sunrise in the morningLa-la la la-la la la (life is dawning)La-la la la-la la laLa la-la la la (move on)How I treasure every minute (la-la laaha)Being part of (la-la laaha)Being in itWith the urge to move on

©1977 Polar Music International AB

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Hole In Your Soul(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

You feel badLet me tell youWe all get the bluesSometimes life is a burdenWay down in your shoesWhen it's bad, worse, worst (and when you're feeling so bad)And you think you're cursed (any kind of sad)Well, if there's one thingFor the betterThat can turn you loose

It's gotta be rock 'n rollTo fill the hole in your soulThere's gotta be rock 'n rollTo fill the hole in your soul

My friend Sam is a chauffeurAnnie goes to schoolJerry works at the officeSue lies by the poolBut on all week-ends (we get together again)When I meet my friends (hmm, I wanna see them now)And we're lookin' 'roundFor the actionWe sure play it cool

It's gotta be rock 'n rollTo fill the hole in your soulThere's gotta be rock 'n rollTo fill the hole in your soul

Aha, aha, aha You paint your worldAnd use all coloursAha, aha And then you findIt all comes out too brightYou know it's only a lieAha, aha, aha The songs you singAre too romanticAha, aha And when you want the truthThey only spit in your eyeOh, yeah, they're only tellin' you lieOh, yeah, there's gotta be rock n' roll

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To fill the hole in your soul

You feel badLet me tell youWe all get the bluesSometimes life is a burdenWay down in your shoesWhen it's bad, worse, worst (you know you're feeling so bad)And you think you're cursed (any kind of sad)Well, if there's one thingFor the betterThat can turn you loose

It's gotta be rock 'n rollTo fill the hole in your soulThere's gotta be rock 'n rollTo fill the hole in your soul

©1977 Union Songs AB

Thank You For The Music(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I'm nothing specialIn fact I'm a bit of a boreIf I tell a jokeYou've probably heard it beforeBut I have a talentA Wonderful thing'Cause everyone listensWhen I start to singI'm so grateful and proudAll I want is to sing it out loudSo I say

Thank you for the musicThe songs I'm singingThanks for all the joyThey're bringingWho can live without itI ask in all honestyWhat would life beWithout a song or a dance what are we?So I say thank you for the musicFor giving it to me

Mother says I was

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A dancer before I could walkShe says I beganTo sing long before I could talkAnd I've often wonderedHow did it all start?Who found out that nothingCan capture a heartLike a melody can?Well who ever it was, I'm a fanSo I say

Thank you for the musicThe songs I'm singingThanks for all the joyThey're bringingWho can live without itI ask in all honestyWhat would life beWithout a song or a dance what are we?So I say thank you for the musicFor giving it to me

I've been so luckyI am the girl with golden hairI wanna sing it out to everybodyWhat a joyWhat a lifeWhat a chance

Thank you for the musicThe songs I'm singingThanks for all the joyThey're bringingWho can live without itI ask in all honestyWhat would life beWithout a song or a dance what are we?So I say thank you for the musicFor giving it to meSo I say thank you for the musicFor giving it to me

©1977 Union Songs AB

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I Wonder (Departure)(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

This park and these housesOld streets I have walkedEverything dearWill it be hereOne day when I am returning?

My friends will get marriedHave children and homesIt sounds so niceWell-planned and wiseNever expecting surprises

I wonderIt's frighteningLeaving nowIs that the right thing?I wonderIt scares meBut who the hell am IIf I don't even try?I'm not a cowardOh no, I'll be strongOne chance in a lifetimeYes, I will take tIt can't go wrong

My friends and my familyThis dull little townBuses I've missedBoys that I've kissedEverything old and familiar

I wonderIt's frighteningLeaving nowIs that the right thing?I wonderOh, it scares meBut who the hell am IIf I don't even try?I'm not a cowardOh no, I'll be strongOne chance in a lifetime

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Yes, I will take itIt can't go wrong

©1977 Polar Music AB

I'm A Marionette(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

You're so freeThat's what everybody's telling meYet, I feel I'm like an outward boundPushed around refugee

Something's wrongGot a feeling that I don't belongAs if I had come from out of spaceOut of place, like King-Kong

I'm a marionette Just a marionettePull the stringI'm a marionetteEverybody's petJust as long as I singI'm a marionetteSee my pirouette'Round and 'roundI'm a marionetteI'm a marionetteJust a silly old clown

Like a dollLike a puppet with no will at allAnd somebody taught me how to talkHow to walk, how to fall

Can't complainI got no one but myself to blameSomething's happening I can't controlLost my hold, it's insane

I'm a marionetteJust a marionettePull the stringI'm a marionetteEverybody's petJust as long as I sing

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I'm a marionetteSee my pirouette'Round and 'roundI'm a marionetteI'm a marionetteJust a silly old clown

Look this wayJust a little smileIs what they sayYou'll look better on the photographIf you laugh, that's OK!!

I'm a marionetteJust a marionettePull the stringI'm a marionette Everybody's petJust as long as I singI'm a marionetteSee my pirouette'Round and 'roundI'm a marionetteI'm a marionetteJust a silly old clown

You're so freeThat's what everybody's telling meYet, I feel I'm like an outward boundPushed around refugee

©1977 Union Songs AB

As Good As New(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I'll never knowWhy I had to goWhy I had to put up such a lousy, rotten showBoy, I was toughPacking all my stuffSayin' I don't need you anymore, I've had enoughAnd now look at me standin' here againCause I found out thatMa-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma maMy life is hereGotta have you near

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As good as newMy love for youAnd keepin' it that way is my intentionAs good as newAnd growin' tooYes, I think it's takin' on a new dimensionIt's as good as newMy love for youJust like it used to be and even betterAs good as newThank God, it's trueDarling we were always meant to stay together

Feel like a creepNever felt so cheapNever had a notion that my love could be so deepHow could I makeSuch a dumb mistake?Now, I know I'm not entitled to another breakBut please, babyI beg you to forgive'Cause I found out thatMa-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma ma-ma maMy life is hereGotta have you near

As good as newMy love for youAnd keepin' it that way is my intentionAs good as newAnd growin' tooYes, I think it's takin' on a new dimensionIt's as good as new (good as new)My love for youJust like it used to be and even betterAs good as new (good as new)Thank God, it's trueDarling we were always meant to stay together

I thought that our love was at an endBut here I am againAs good as newMy love for youAnd keepin' it that way is my intentionAs good as newAnd growin' tooYes, I think it's takin' on a new dimension

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It's as good as new (good as new)My love for youJust like it used to be and even betterAs good as new (good as new)Thank God, it's trueDarling we were always meant to stay together

Yes, the love I have for youFeels as good as newDarling we were always meant to stay together

©1979 Union Songs AB

Voulez-Vous(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

People everywhereA sense of expectationHangin' in the airGivin' out a sparkAcross the room your eyesAre glowin' in the darkAnd here we go againWe know the startWe know the endMasters of the sceneWe've done it long beforeAnd now we're backTo get some moreYou know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha)Take it now or leave it (aha)Now is all we get (aha)Nothing promisedNo regretsVoulez-vous (aha)Ain't no big decision (aha)You know what to do (aha)Pas questionC'est voulez-vousVoulez-vous

I know what you thinkThe girl means businessSo I'll offer her a drink

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Lookin' mighty proudSee you leave your tablePushin' through the crowdI'm really glad you cameYou know the rulesYou know the gameMaster of the sceneWe've done it long beforeAnd now we're back to get some moreYou know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha)Take it now or leave it (aha)Now is all we get (aha)Nothing promisedNo regretsVoulez-vous (aha)Ain't no big decision (aha)You know what to do (aha)La questionC'est voulez-vous

And here we go againWe know the startWe know the endMasters of the sceneWe've done it long beforeAnd now we're backTo get some moreYou know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha)Take it now or leave it (aha)Now is all we get (aha)Nothing promisedNo regretsVoulez-vous (aha)Ain't no big decision (aha)You know what to do (aha)La questionC'est voulez-vousVoulez-vous

Voulez-vous (aha aha aha)Voulez-vous (aha aha aha)Voulez-vous (aha aha aha)Voulez-vous (aha aha aha)

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Voulez-vous (aha)Take it now or leave it (aha)Now is all we get (aha)Nothing promisedNo regretsVoulez-vous (aha)Ain't no big decision (aha)You know what to do (aha)Pas questionC'est voulez-vous

©1979 Union Songs AB

I Have A Dream(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I have a dreamA song to singTo help me copeWith anythingIf you see the wonderOf a fairy taleYou can take the futureEven if you failI believe in angelsSomething good in everything I seeI believe in angelsWhen I know the time is right for meI'll cross the streamI have a dream

I have a dreamA fantasyTo help me throughRealityAnd my destinationMakes it worth the whilePushing through the darknessStill another mileI believe in angelsSomething good in everything I seeI believe in angelsWhen I know the time is right for meI'll cross the streamI have a dream

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I'll cross the streamI have a dream

I have a dreamA song to singTo help me copeWith anythingIf you see the wonderOf a fairy taleYou can take the futureEven if you failI believe in angelsSomething good in everything I seeI believe in angelsWhen I know the time is right for meI'll cross the streamI have a dreamI'll cross the streamI have a dream

©1979 Union Songs AB

Angel Eyes(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

A a-ahA a-ah a-ah ahA a-ahA a-ah a-ah ahA a-ahI keep thinking 'bout his angel eyesI keep thinking, aah

Last nightI was takin' a walk along the riverAnd I saw him together with a young girlAnd the look that he gave her made me shiver'Cause he always used to look at me that wayAnd I thoughtMaybe I should walk right up to her and say (aha-ha)It's a game he likes to play

Look into his angel eyesOne look and you're hypnotizedHe'll take your heart and you must pay the priceLook into his angel eyes

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You'll think you're in paradiseAnd one day you'll find out he wears a disguiseDon't look too deep into those angel eyesOh, no no no no

A a-ahA a-ah a-ah ahA a-ahA a-ah a-ah ahA a-ahI keep thinking 'bout his angel eyesI keep thinking, aah

SometimesWhen I'm lonely I sit and think about himAnd it hurts to remember all the good timesWhen I thought I could never live without himAnd I wonder does it have to be the sameEvery timeWhen I see him will it bring back all the pain? (aha-ha)How can I forget that name

Look into his angel eyesOne look and you're hypnotizedHe'll take your heart and you must pay the priceLook into his angel eyesYou'll think you're in paradiseAnd one day you'll find out he wears a disguiseDon't look too deep into those angel eyesCrazy 'bout his angel eyesAngel eyesHe took my heart and now I pay the priceYou'll think you're in paradiseAnd one day you'll find out he wears a disguiseDon't look too deep into those angel eyesOh, no no no no

A a-ahA a-ah a-ah ahA a-ahA a-ah a-ah ahA a-ahI keep thinkingA a-ah a-ah ahI keep thinking 'bout his angel eyesA a-ahI keep thinking

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A a-ah a-ah ahI keep thinking I've had to pay the priceA a-ahI keep thinkingA a-ah a-ah ahI keep thinking 'bout his angel eyesA a-ahI keep thinkingA a-ah a-ah ahI keep thinking I've had to pay the price

©1979 Union Songs AB

The King Has Lost His Crown(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I believeYour new girl turned you downAnd they sayshe's pushin' you aroundHow does it feelI guess it hurts your prideTell me, my friendHow many nights you've cried

Disaster and disgraceThe king has lost his crownSuddenly he's clumsy like a clownAahThe world is upside downThe king has lost his crown

Was it hardTo step down from your throneAnd to knowTonight you're all aloneOh, what a shameYou really want that girlShe doesn't careStill you just dream of her

Disaster and disgraceThe king has lost his crownSuddenly he's clumsy like a clown The world is upside downThe king has lost his crown

Disaster and disgrace

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The world is all aroundSuddenly he's clumsy like a clownAahThe world is upside downThe king has lost his crown

©1979 Union Songs AB

Does Your Mother Know(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

You're so hotTeasing meSo you're blue but I can'tTake a chance on a chick like youIt's something I couldn't do

There's that lookIn your eyesI can read in your faceThat your feelings are driving you wildOh, but girl you're only a child

Well, I could dance with you honeyIf you think it's funnyDoes your mother know that you're out?And I could chat with you babyFlirt a little maybeDoes your mother know that you're out?

Take it easy (take it easy)Better slow down girlThat's no way to goDoes your mother know?Take it easy (take it easy)Try to cool it girlTake it nice and slowDoes your mother know?

I can seeWhat you wantBut you seem pretty youngTo be searching for that kind of funSo maybe I'm not the one

Now, you're so cuteI like your style

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And I know what you meanWhen you give me a flash of that smile (smile)But girl you're only a child

Well, I could dance with you honeyIf you think it's funnyDoes your mother know that you're out?And I could chat with you babyFlirt a little maybeDoes your mother know that you're out?

Take it easy (take it easy)Better slow down girlThat's no way to goDoes your mother know?Take it easy (take it easy)Try to cool it girlTake it nice and slowDoes your mother know?

Well, I could dance with you honeyIf you think it's funnyDoes your mother know that you're out?And I could chat with you babyFlirt a little maybeDoes your mother know that you're out?

©1979 Union Songs AB

If It Wasn't For The Nights(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I got appointmentsWork I have to doKeepin' me so busyAll the day throughThey're the things that keep me from thinkin' of youOh, baby I miss you soI know I'm never gonna make it

Oh, I'm so restlessI don't care what I sayAnd I lose my temperTen times a dayStill it's even worse when the night's on it's wayIt's badOh, so bad

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Somehow I'd be doin' alrightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could make it)I'd have courage left to fightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)How I fear the time when shadows start to fallSittin' here alone and starin' at the wallEven I could see a lightIf it wasn't for the nights (even I could see a light, I think that I could make it)Somehow I'd be doin' alrightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)

No one to turn toYou know how it isI was not prepared forSomething like thisNow I see them clearly the things that I missOh, baby I feel so badI know I'm never gonna make it

I've got my businessTo help me through the dayPeople I must write toBills I must payBut everything's so different, when night's on it's wayIt's badOh, so bad

Somehow I'd be doin' alrightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could make it)I'd have courage left to fightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)How I fear the time when shadows start to fallSittin' here alone and starin' at the wallEven I could see a lightIf it wasn't for the nights (even I could see a light, I think that I could make it)Guess my future would look brightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could make it)

If itWasn'tFor the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)If itWasn'tFor the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could make it)

Even I could see a light

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If it wasn't for the nights (even I could see a light, I think that I could make it)Guess my future would look brightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)

If itWasn'tFor the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could make it)If itWasn'tFor the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)

Even I could see a lightIf it wasn't for the nights (even I could see a light, I think that I could make it)Guess my future would look brightIf it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think that I could take it)

©1979 Union Songs AB

Chiquitita(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Chiquitita, tell me what's wrongYou're enchained by your own sorrowIn your eyesThere is no hope for tomorrowHow I hate to see you like thisThere is no way you can deny itI can seeThat you're oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita, tell me the truthI'm a shoulder you can cry onYour best friendI'm the one you must rely onYou were always sure of yourselfNow I seeYou've broken a feather (how it hurts to see you cry and how it hurts to see you sad)I hopeWe can patch it up together

ChiquititaYou and I knowHow the heartaches come and they goAnd the scars they're leavin'You'll be dancin' once againAnd the pain will end

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You will have no time for grievin'

ChiquititaYou and I cryBut the sun is still in the skyAnd shining above you (even though we cry the sun is shining in the sky, so)Let me hear you sing once moreLike you did before (let me hear you sing some more the way you used to do before)Sing a new songChiquititaTry once more like you did beforeSing a new songChiquitita

So the walls came tumblin' downAnd your love's a blown-out candleAll is goneAnd it seems too hard to handleChiquitita tell me the truthThere is no way you can deny itI seeThat you're oh, so sad, so quiet

ChiquititaYou and I knowHow the heartaches come and they goAnd the scars they're leavin' (you and I we know how all the heartaches come and go)You'll be dancin' once againAnd the pain will end (and you'll be dancing once again, and all the pain you take will end)You will have no time for grievin'

ChiquititaYou and I cryBut the sun is still in the skyAnd shining above you (even though we cry the sun is shining in the sky, so)Let me hear you sing once moreLike you did before (let me hear you sing some more the way you used to do before)Sing a new songChiquititaTry once more like you did beforeSing a new songChiquitita

Try once more like you did beforeSing a new songChiquitita

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©1979 UNICEF

Lovers (Live A Little Longer)(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Sit down and listen'Cause I got good news for you itWas in the papers todaySome physicianHad made a discoveryGuess what she had to say (hmm, you know that)She said that every result she had, backed herClaiming that love's a longevity factor, so

Lovers live a little longer (lovers live a little longer)Baby (lovers live a little longer)You and me we gotta chance to live twice (lovers live a little longer)Lovers live a little longerAin't that nice?Lovers live a little longer (lovers live a little longer)Baby (lovers live a little longer)What a feeling (lovers live a little longer)When I hold you tightLovers live a little longer, yeah

I can imagineI see in my fantasyI'll enjoy every dayMakin' love is aDynamite drug, babySo why don't we star ride away (I'm explodin')I don't care if they're watchin', 'cause listenWe've got a reason for each time we're kissin' 'cause

Lovers live a little longer (lovers live a little longer)Baby (lovers live a little longer)You and me we gotta chance to live twice (lovers live a little longer)Lovers live a little longerAin't that nice?Lovers live a little longer (lovers live a little longer)Baby (lovers live a little longer)What a feeling (lovers live a little longer)When I hold you tightLovers live a little longer, yeah

I just don't care if they're watchin', 'cause listenWe've got a reason for each time we're kissin' 'cause

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Lovers live a little longer (lovers live a little longer)Baby (lovers live a little longer)You and me we gotta chance to live twice (lovers live a little longer)Lovers live a little longerAin't that nice?Lovers live a little longer (lovers live a little longer)Baby (lovers live a little longer)What a feeling (lovers live a little longer)When I hold you tightLovers live a little longer, yeah

©1979 Union Songs AB

Kisses Of Fire(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Lay your head on my chestSo you hear every beat of my heartNow there's nothing at allThat can keep us apartTouch my lipsClose your eyesAnd see with your fingertipsThings that you doAnd you know I'm crazy 'bout you

Kisses of fireBurning, burningI'm at the point of no returningKisses of fireSweet devotionsCaught in a landslide of emotions (I've had)I've had my share of love affairsAnd they were nothing compared to thisI'm riding higher than the skyAnd there is fire in every kissKisses of fireKisses of fire

When you sleep by my sideI feel safeAnd I know I belongStill it's making me scaredThat my love is so strongLosing youIt's a nightmare, babe,

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And to me it's newNever beforeDid you see me begging for more

Kisses of fireBurning, burningI'm at the point of no returningKisses of fireSweet devotionsCaught in a landslide of emotions (I've had)I've had my share of love affairsAnd they were nothing compared to thisI'm riding higher than the skyAnd there is fire in every kissKisses of fireKisses of fire

Kisses of fireBurning, burningI'm at the point of no returningKisses of fireSweet devotionsCaught in a landslide of emotionsKisses of fireBurning, burning (I'm at the point of no returning)Kisses of fireSweet emotions (I'm riding higher than the sky and there is fire in every kiss)(Caught in a landslide of emotions)

©1979 Union Songs AB

Summer Night City(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Summer night citySummer night city

Waiting for the sunriseSoul dancing in the darkSummer night cityWalking in the moonlightLove-making in a parkSummer night city

In the sun I feel like sleepingI can't take it for too longMy impatience slowly creeping

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Up my spine and growing strongI know what's waiting there for meTonight I'm loose and fancy-free

When the night comes with the actionI just know it's time to goCan't resist the strange attractionFrom that giant dynamoLots to take and lots to giveTime to breath and time to live

Waiting for the sunriseSoul dancing in the darkSummer night cityWalking in the moonlightLove-making in a parkSummer night city

It's elusiveCall it glitterSomehow something turns me onSome folks only see the litterWe don't miss them when they're goneI love the feeling in the airMy kind of people everywhere

When the night comes with the actionI just know it's time to goCan't resist the strange attractionFrom that giant dynamoAnd tomorrowWhen it's dawningAnd the first birds start to singIn the pale light of the morningNothing's worth rememberingIt's a dreamIt's out of reachScattered driftwood on the beach

Waiting for the sunriseSoul dancing in the darkSummer night cityWalking in the moonlightLove-making in a parkSummer night city

©1978 Union Songs AB

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Lovelight(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I've always hated my roomIt's so gloomy and drearyAlways too darkFor the windows just face the back yardSo ICan't understand how it's happenedHow everything's changingThis old dirty ceiling seems a little whiterWhen you walked into the roomIt all got so much brighterYou must have a

LovelightEverything around you isLovelightAnd I can feel your love anywhere (love that's shining)Maybe even when you're not there (love that's shining)Got lovelightEverything around you isLovelightYou're shining like a star in the night (love that's shining)I won't let you out of my sight (love that's shining)I don't wanna lose youI don't wanna lose yourLovelight

How I rememberThe first time we went to a movieWe had decided to meetOn a corner downtownAnd IWaited there when you came up from behindAnd you kissed meAnd the traffic seemed to get a little lighterWhen you came into my lifeIt all got so much brighterYou must have a

LovelightEverything around you isLovelightAnd I can feel your love everywhere (love that's shining)Maybe even when you're not there (love that's shining)

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Got lovelightEverything around you isLovelightYou're shining like a star in the night (love that's shining)I won't let you out of my sight (love that's shining)I don't wanna lose youI don't wanna lose yourLovelight

And I feel so goodAnd I feel so highAnd I know thatYou must have aLovelight

Got lovelightAnd I can feel your love anywhere (love that's shining)Maybe even when you're not there (love that's shining)You've gotLovelightEverything around you isLovelightYou're shining like a star in the night (love that's shining)I won't let you out of my sight (love that's shining)I don't want to lose youI don't want to lose yourLovelight

©1979 Union Songs AB

SUPER TROUPER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

Super Trouper beams are gonna blind meBut I won't feel blueLike I always do'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you

I was sick and tired of everythingWhen I called you last night from GlasgowAll I do is eat and sleep and singWishing every show was the last show(Wishing every show was the last show)So imagine I was glad to hear you're coming(Glad to hear you're coming)Suddenly I feel all right

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(And suddenly it's gonna be)And it's gonna be so differentWhen I'm on the stage tonight

Tonight theSuper Trouper lights are gonna find meShining like the sun(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Smiling, having fun(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Feeling like a number oneTonight theSuper Trouper beams are gonna blind meBut I won't feel blue(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Like I always do(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you

Facing twenty thousand of your friendsHow can anyone be so lonelyPart of a success that never endsStill I'm thinking about you only(Still I'm thinking about you only)There are moments when I think I'm going crazy(Think I'm going crazy)But it's gonna be alright(You'll soon be changing everything)Everything will be so differentWhen I'm on the stage tonight

Tonight theSuper Trouper lights are gonna find meShining like the sun(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Smiling, having fun(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Feeling like a number oneTonight theSuper Trouper beams are gonna blind meBut I won't feel blue(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Like I always do(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you

So I'll be there when you arrive

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The sight of you will prove to me I'm still aliveAnd when you take me in your armsAnd hold me tightI know it's gonna mean so much tonight

Tonight theSuper Trouper lights are gonna find meShining like the sun(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Smiling, having fun(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Feeling like a number oneTonight theSuper Trouper beams are gonna blind meBut I won't feel blue(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)Like I always do(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

I don't wanna talkAbout the things we've gone throughThough it's hurting meNow it's historyI've played all my cardsAnd that's what you've done tooNothing more to sayNo more ace to play

The winner takes it allThe loser standing smallBeside the victoryThat's her destiny

I was in your armsThinking I belonged thereI figured it made senseBuilding me a fenceBuilding me a homeThinking I'd be strong thereBut I was a foolPlaying by the rules

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The gods may throw a diceTheir minds as cold as iceAnd someone way down hereLoses someone dearThe winner takes it allThe loser has to fallIt's simple and it's plainWhy should I complain.

But tell me does she kissLike I used to kiss you?Does it feel the sameWhen she calls your name?Somewhere deep insideYou must know I miss youBut what can I sayRules must be obeyed

The judges will decideThe likes of me abideSpectators of the showAlways staying lowThe game is on againA lover or a friendA big thing or a smallThe winner takes it all

I don't wanna talkIf it makes you feel sadAnd I understandYou've come to shake my handI apologizeIf it makes you feel badSeeing me so tenseNo self-confidenceBut you seeThe winner takes it allThe winner takes it all......

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ON AND ON AND ON(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

I was at a party and this fella said to me"Something bad is happening, I'm sure you do agreePeople care for nothing, no respect for human rightsEvil times are coming, we are in for darker nights"I said, "Who are you to talk about impending doom?"He got kinda wary as he looked around the roomHe said, "I'm a minister, a big shot in the state"I said, "I just can't believe it, boy I think it's greatBrother can you tell me what is right and what is wrong?"He said, "Keep on rocking baby, 'til the night is gone"

On and on and onKeep on rocking baby'Til the night is goneOn and on and on'Til the night is goneOn and on and onKeep on rocking baby'Til the night is goneOn and on and on'Til the night is gone

Over in the corner I could see this other guyHe was kinda flirty, he was giving me the eyeSo I took advantage of the fact that I'm a starShook my hair and took a casual stroll up to the barAnd as sure as hell this guy was coming up to meHe said, "Who am I and who are you and who are we?What's our situation, do we have some time for us?"I said I was not exactly waiting for the busHe said, "If you're going somewhere can I come along?"I said, "Keep on rocking baby, 'til the night is gone"

On and on and onKeep on rocking baby'Til the night is goneOn and on and on'Til the night is goneOn and on and onKeep on rocking baby'Til the night is goneOn and on and on

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'Til the night is gone

ANDANTE, ANDANTE(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

Take it easy with me, pleaseTouch me gently like a summer evening breezeTake your time, make it slowAndante, AndanteJust let the feeling grow

Make your fingers soft and lightLet your body be the velvet of the nightTouch my soul, you know howAndante, AndanteGo slowly with me now

I'm your music(I am your music and I am your song)I'm your song(I am your music and I am your song)Play me time and time again and make me strong(Play me again 'cause you're making me strong)Make me sing, make me sound(You make me sing and you make me......)Andante, AndanteTread lightly on my groundAndante, AndanteOh please don't let me down

There's a shimmer in your eyesLike the feeling of a thousand butterfliesPlease don't talk, go on, playAndante, AndanteAnd let me float away

I'm your music(I am your music and I am your song)I'm your song(I am your music and I am your song)Play me time and time again and make me strong(Play me again 'cause you're making me strong)

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Make me sing, make me sound(You make me sing and you make me......)Andante, AndanteTread lightly on my groundAndante, AndanteOh please don't let me down

Make me sing, make me sound(You make me sing and you make me......)Andante, AndanteTread lightly on my groundAndante, AndanteOh please don't let me downAndante, AndanteOh please don't let me down......

ME AND I(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

Sometimes when I'm madThere's a part of me that seems to be a little sadSometimes when I screamThere's a voice in me that says, "You shouldn't be so mean"Oh no, oh noPart of me is acting while the other stands besideYes, I am to myself what Jekyll must have been to Hyde

We're like sun and rainy weatherSometimes we're a hit togetherMe and IGloomy moods and inspirationWe're a funny combinationMe and II don't think I'm different or in any way uniqueThink about yourself for a minuteAnd you'll find the answer in itEveryone's a freak

Sometimes I have toyedWith ideas that I got from good old Dr. FreudNothing new of courseIt may seem to you I try to break through open doorsOh no, oh noI just wanna say a lot of that applies to me

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'Cause it's an explanation to my split identity

We're like sun and rainy weatherSometimes we're a hit togetherMe and IGloomy moods and inspirationWe're a funny combinationMe and II don't think I'm different or in any way uniqueThink about yourself for a minuteAnd you'll find the answer in itEveryone's a freak

Me and I......

We're like sun and rainy weatherSometimes we're a hit togetherMe and IGloomy moods and inspirationWe're a funny combinationMe and II don't think I'm different or in any way uniqueThink about yourself for a minuteAnd you'll find the answer in itEveryone's a freak

We're like sun and rainy weatherSometimes we're a hit togetherMe and IGloomy moods and inspirationWe're a funny combinationMe and I......

HAPPY NEW YEAR(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

No more champagneAnd the fireworks are throughHere we are, me and youFeeling lost and feeling blueIt's the end of the partyAnd the morning seems so greySo unlike yesterday

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Now's the time for us to say.....

Happy new yearHappy new yearMay we all have a vision now and thenOf a world where every neighbour is a friendHappy new yearHappy new yearMay we all have our hopes, our will to tryIf we don't we might as well lay down and dieYou and I

Sometimes I seeHow the brave new world arrivesAnd I see how it thrivesIn the ashes of our livesOh yes, man is a foolAnd he thinks he'll be okayDragging on, feet of clayNever knowing he's astrayKeeps on going anyway.....

Happy new yearHappy new yearMay we all have a vision now and thenOf a world where every neighbour is a friendHappy new yearHappy new yearMay we all have our hopes, our will to tryIf we don't we might as well lay down and dieYou and I

Seems to me nowThat the dreams we had beforeAre all dead, nothing moreThan confetti on the floorIt's the end of a decadeIn another ten years timeWho can say what we'll findWhat lies waiting down the lineIn the end of eighty-nine.....

Happy new yearHappy new yearMay we all have a vision now and thenOf a world where every neighbour is a friendHappy new year

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Happy new yearMay we all have our hopes, our will to tryIf we don't we might as well lay down and dieYou and I

OUR LAST SUMMER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

The summer air was soft and warmThe feeling right, the Paris nightDid it's best to please usAnd strolling down the ElyséeWe had a drink in each caféAnd youYou talked of politics, philosophy and ISmiled like Mona LisaWe had our chanceIt was a fine and true romance

I can still recall our last summerI still see it allWalks along the Seine, laughing in the rainOur last summerMemories that remain

We made our way along the riverAnd we sat down in the grassBy the Eiffel towerI was so happy we had metIt was the age of no regretOh yesThose crazy years, that was the timeOf the flower-powerBut underneath we had a fear of flyingOf getting old, a fear of slowly dyingWe took the chanceLike we were dancing our last dance

I can still recall our last summerI still see it allIn the tourist jam, round the Notre DameOur last summerWalking hand in hand

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Paris restaurantsOur last summerMorning croissantsLiving for the day, worries far awayOur last summerWe could laugh and play

And now you're working in a bankThe family man, the football fanAnd your name is HarryHow dull it seemsYet you're the hero of my dreams

I can still recall our last summerI still see it allWalks along the Seine, laughing in the rainOur last summerMemories that remainI can still recall our last summerI still see it allIn the tourist jam, round the Notre DameOur last summerWalking hand in handParis restaurantsOur last summerMorning croissantsLiving for the day, worries far away

THE PIPER(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

They came from the hillsAnd they came from the valleys and the plainsThey struggled in the coldIn the heat and the snow and in the rainCame to hear him playPlay their minds away

We're all following a strange melodyWe're all summoned by a tuneWe're following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moon

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We're following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moon for himAnd we dance beneath the moon

They came from the southFrom the west and the north and from the eastThey waited for the manLike a parish is waiting for the priestLonged to hear him playPlay their minds away

We're all following a strange melodyWe're all summoned by a tuneWe're following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moonWe're following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moon for himAnd we dance beneath the moon

He gave them a dreamHe seduced everybody in the landThe fire in his eyesAnd the fear was a weapon in his handSo they let him playPlay their minds away

We're all following a strange melodyWe're all summoned by a tuneWe're following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moonWe're following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moon for himAnd we dance beneath the moon

LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1980

I wasn't jealous before we metNow every woman I see is a potential threatAnd I'm possessive, it isn't niceYou've heard me saying that smoking was my only viceBut now it isn't trueNow everything is newAnd all I've learned has overturned

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I beg of you......

Don't go wasting your emotionLay all your love on me

It was like shooting a sitting duckA little smalltalk, a smile and baby I was stuckI still don't know what you've done with meA grown-up woman should never fall so easilyI feel a kind of fearWhen I don't have you nearUnsatisfied, I skip my prideI beg you dear......

Don't go wasting your emotionLay all your love on meDon't go sharing your devotionLay all your love on me

I've had a few little love affairsThey didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarceI used to think that was sensibleIt makes the truth even more incomprehensible'Cause everything is newAnd everything is youAnd all I've learned has overturnedWhat can I do......

Don't go wasting your emotionLay all your love on meDon't go sharing your devotionLay all your love on me

THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus)

First release 1979

You and I can share the silenceFinding comfort togetherThe way old friends doAnd after fights and words of violenceWe make up with each otherThe way old friends doTimes of joy and times of sorrow

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We will always see it throughOh I don't care what comes tomorrowWe can face it togetherThe way old friends do

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We can face it togetherThe way old friends do

The Visitors(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I hear the door-bell ring andSuddenly the panic takes meThe sound so ominously tearing through the silenceI cannot move, I'm standingNumb and frozenAmong the things I love so dearlyThe books, the paintings and the furnitureHelp me

The signal's sounding once againAnd someone tries the door-knobNone of my friends would be so stupidly impatientAnd they don't dare to come hereAnymore nowBut how I loved our secret meetingsWe talked and talked in quiet voicesSmiling

Now I hear them movingMuffled noises comingThrough the door I feel I'mCrackin' upVoices growing louderIrritation buildingAnd I'm close to faintingCrackin' upThey must know by now I'mIn here trembling in aTerror evergrowingCrackin' upMy whole world is fallingGoing crazy there isNo escaping now I'm

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Crackin' up

These walls have witnessed all theAnguish of humiliationAnd seen the hope of freedom glow in shining facesAnd now they've come to take meCome to break meAnd yet it isn't unexpectedI have been waiting for these visitorsHelp me

Now I hear them movingMuffled noises comingThrough the door I feel I'mCrackin' upVoices growing louderIrritation buildingAnd I'm close to faintingCrackin' upThey must know by now I'mIn here trembling in aTerror evergrowingCrackin' upMy whole world is fallingGoing crazy there isNo escaping now I'mCrackin' up

I have been waiting for these visitors©1981 Union Songs AB

Head Over Heels(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I have a very good friendThe kind of girl who likes to follow a trendShe has a personal styleSome people like it, others tend to go wildYou hear her voice everywhereTaking the chairShe's a leading ladyAnd with no trace of hesitationShe keeps going

Head over heelsBreaking her way

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Pushing through unknown jungles everydayShe's a girlWith a tasteFor the world(The world is like a playing-groundWhere she goes rushing)Head over heelsSetting the paceRunning the gauntlet in a whirl of laceShe's extremeIf you knowWhat I mean

Her man is one I admireHe's so courageous but he's constantly tiredEach time when he speaks his mindShe pats his head and says: That's all very fineExert that will of your ownWhen you're aloneNow we'd better hurry"And with no trace of hesitationShe keeps on going

Head over heelsBreaking her wayPushing through unknown jungles everydayShe's a girlWith a tasteFor the world(The world is like a playing-groundWhere she goes rushing)Head over heelsSetting the paceRunning the gauntlet in a whirl of laceShe's extremeIf you knowWhat I mean

You hear her voice everywhereTaking the chairShe's a leading ladyAnd with no trace of hesitationShe keeps on going

Head over heelsBreaking her wayPushing through unknown jungles everyday

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She's a girlWith a tasteFor the world(The world is like a playing-groundWhere she goes rushing)Head over heelsSetting the paceRunning the gauntlet in a whirl of laceShe's extremeIf you knowWhat I mean

I think she's one of those whoAlways likes to do whatever she feelsAnd she goesHead over heels

©1981 Union Songs AB

When All Is Said And Done(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Here's to usOne more toastAnd then we'll pay the billDeep insideBoth usCan feel the autumn chillBirds of passageYou and meWe fly instinctivelyWhen the summer's overAnd the dark clouds hide the sunNeither you nor I'm to blameWhen all is said and done

In our livesWe have walkedSome strange and lonely treksSlightly wornBut dignifiedAnd not too old for sexWe're still strivingFor the skyNo taste for humble pieThanks for all your generous love

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And thanks for all the funNeither you nor I'm to blameWhen all is said and done

It's so strangeWhen you're downAnd lying on the floorHow you riseShake your headGet up and ask for moreClear-headed and open-eyedWith nothing left untriedStanding calmly at the crossroadsNo desire to runThere's no hurry anymoreWhen all is said and done

Standing calmly at the crossroadsNo desire to runThere's no hurry anymoreWhen all is said and done

©1981 Union Songs AB

Soldiers(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Do I hear what I think I'm hearing?Do I see the signs I think I see?Or is this just a fantasy?Is it true that the beast is waking?Stirring in his restless sleep tonightIn the pale moonlightIn the grip of this cold DecemberYou and I have reason to remember

Soldiers write the songs thatSoldiers sing the songs thatYou and I don't singThey blow their horns and march alongThey drum their drums and look so strongYou'd think that nothing in the worldWas wrongSoldiers write the songs thatSoldiers sing the songs that

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You and I won't singLet's not look the other wayTaking a chance'Cause if the bugler starts to playWe too must dance

What's that sound?What's that dreadful rumble?Won't somebody tell me what I hearIn the distance but drawing near?Is it only a storm approaching?All that thunder and the blinding lightIn the winter nightIn the grip of this cold DecemberYou and I have reason to remember

Soldiers write the songs thatSoldiers sing the songs thatYou and I don't singThey blow their horns and march alongThey drum their drums and look so strongYou'd think that nothing in the worldWas wrongSoldiers write the songs thatSoldiers sing the songs thatYou and I won't singLet's not look the other wayTaking a chance'Cause if the bugler starts to playWe too must dance

Soldiers write the songs thatSoldiers sing the songs thatYou and I won't singLet's not look the other wayTaking a chance'Cause if the bugler starts to playWe too must dance

©1981 Union Songs AB

I Let The Music Speak(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I'm hearing imagesI'm seeing songsNo poet has ever painted

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Voices call out to meStraight to my heartSo strangeYet we're so well acquaintedI let the music speakWith no restrainsI let my feelings take overCarry my soul awayInto the worldWhere beauty meetsThe darkness of the day

Where my mind is like an open windowWhere the high and healing winds blowFrom my shallow sleep the sounds awake meI let them take me

(better wake me)(and I'm glad you) (let 'em take me)Let it be a jokeLet it be a smileLet it be a farceIf it makes me laughFor a little whileLet it be a tearLet it be a sighComing from a heartSpeaking to a heartLet it be a cry

Some streets are emptinessDry leaves of autumnRustling down an old alleyAnd in the dead of nightI find myselfA blind manIn some ancient valleyI let the music speakLeading me gentlyUrging me like a loverLeading me on the wayInto a placeWhere beauty willDefeat the darkest day

Where I'm one with every grand illusionNo disturbance, no intrusion

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Where I let the wistful sounds seduce meI let them use me(an illusion)(no disturbance)(no intrusion)

Let it be a jokeLet it be a smileLet it be a farceIf it makes me laughFor a little whileLet it be a tearLet it be a sighComing from a heartSpeaking to a heartLet it be a cryLet it be a tearLet it be a sighComing from a heartSpeaking to a heartLet it be a cry

Let it be the joy of each new sunriseOr the moment when a day diesI surrender without reservationNo explanationsNo questions whyI take it to meAnd let it flow through meYes, I let the music speakI let the music speak

©1981 Union Songs AB

One Of Us(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

They passed me byAll of those great romancesYou were, I feltRobbing meOf my rightful chancesMy picture clearEverything seemed so easyAnd so I dealt you the blowOne of us had to goNow it's different

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I want you to know

One of us is cryingOne of us is lyingIn her lonely bedStaring at the ceilingWishing she was somewhere else instead (no one else is achin' with a heart that's breakin')One of us is lonelyOne of us is onlyWaiting for a callSorry for herselfFeeling stupidFeeling smallWishing she had never left at all

I saw myselfAs a concealed attractionI felt you kept me awayFrom the heat and the actionJust like a childStubborn and misconceivingThat's how I started the showOne of us had to goNow I've changedAnd I want you to know

One of us is cryingOne of us is lyingIn her lonely bedStaring at the ceilingWishing she was somewhere else instead (no one else is achin' with a heart that's breakin')One of us is lonelyOne of us is onlyWaiting for a callSorry for herselfFeeling stupidFeeling smallWishing she had never left at allNever left at all

Staring at the ceilingWishing she was somewhere else instead (no one else is achin' with a heart that's breakin')One of us is lonelyOne of us is onlyWaiting for a callSorry for herselfFeeling stupid

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Feeling smallWishing

©1981 Union Songs AB

Two For The Price Of One(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

He had what you might call a trivial occupationHe cleaned the platforms of the local railway stationWith no romance in his lifeSometimes he wished he had a wife

He read the matrimonial advertising pagesThe cries for help from different people different agesBut they had nothing to say (nothing to say)At least not until the day ('til that day)When something special he readThis is what it said

If you dream of the girl for youThen call us and getTwo for the price of oneWe're the answer if you feel blueSo call us and getTwo for the price of one

If you dream of the girl for you (if you are dreaming of the one which will be right for you)Then call us and get (why don't you call us and you'll get two)Two for the price of oneWe're the answer if you feel blue (we may be the answer to your problem - if by chanceyou feel blue)So call us and get (why don't you call us and you'll get two)Two for the price of one

He called the number and a voice saidAlice WhitingThe voice was husky and it sounded quite excitingHe was amazed at his luckThe purest streak of gold he'd struck

He said I read your ad it sounded rather thrillingI think a meeting could be mutually fulfillingWhy don't we meet for a chat? (meet for a chat)The three of us in my flat (in my flat)I can't forget what I readThis is what it said

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If you dream of the girl for youThen call us and getTwo for the price of oneWe're the answer if you feel blueSo call us and getTwo for the price of one

If you dream of the girl for you (if you are dreaming of the one which will be right for you)Then call us and get (why don't you call us and you'll get two)Two for the price of oneWe're the answer if you feel blue (we may be the answer to your problem - if by chanceyou feel blue)So call us and get (why don't you call us and you'll get two)Two for the price of one

She said, I'm sure we must be perfect for each otherAnd if you doubt it, you'll be certain when you meet my mother

©1981 Union Songs AB

Slipping Through My Fingers(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Schoolbag in handShe leaves home in the early morningWaving goodbyeWith an absent-minded smileI watch her goWith a surge of that well-known sadnessAnd I have to sit down for a whileThe feeling that I'm loosing her foreverAnd without really entering her worldI'm glad whenever I can share her laughterThat funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the timeI try to capture every minuteThe feeling in itSlipping through my fingers all the timeDo I really see what's in her mindEach time I think I'm close to knowingShe keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyesHer and me at the breakfast table

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Barely awakeI let precious time go byThen when she's goneThere's that odd melancholy feelingAnd a sense of guiltI can't denyWhat happened to the wonderful adventuresThe places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)Well some of that we didBut most we didn'tAnd why I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the timeI try to capture every minuteThe feeling in itSlipping through my fingers all the timeDo I really see what's in her mindEach time I think I'm close to knowingShe keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the pictureAnd save it from the funny tricks of time (slipping through my fingers)

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in handShe leaves home in the early morningWaving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

©1981 Union Songs AB

Like An Angel Passing Through My Room(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Long awaited darkness fallsCasting shadows on the wallsIn the twilight hour I am aloneSitting near the fireplaceDying embers warm my faceIn this peaceful solitudeAll the outside world subduedEverything comes back to me againIn the gloomLike an angel passing through my room

Half awake and half in dreams

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Seeing long forgotten scenesSo the present runs into the pastNow and then become entwinedPlaying games within my mindLike the embers as they dieLove was one prolonged goodbyeAnd it all comes back to me tonightIn the gloomLike an angel passing through my room

I close my eyesAnd my twilight images go byAll too soonLike an angel passing through my room

©1981 Union Songs AB

Should I Laugh Or Should I Cry(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

HeStandsTowering over me beside my bedLosing his headTellsMeI must take him seriouslyDroning on the usual wayHe's such a clever guyAnd I wonderShould I laugh or cry?

He's (he's)Dressed (dressed)In the striped pyjamas that I boughtTrousers too shortGives (gives)Me (me)Of his small philosophyCarries on the way he doesAnd me, I get so tiredAnd I wonderShould I laugh or cry?

High and mighty his banner fliesA fool's pride in his eyesStanding there on his toes to grow in size (all I see is)

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All I see is a big balloon (big balloon)Halfway up to the moon (halfway to the moon)He's wrapped up in the warm and safe cocoonOf an eternal lieSo should I laugh or cry?

Strange (strange)How (how)Dangerously indifferent I have grownCold as a stoneNo (no)More (more)Pain where there was pain beforeFar away he rambles onI feel my throat go dryAnd I wonderShould I laugh or cry?

High and mighty his banner fliesA fool's pride in his eyesStanding there on his toes to grow in size (all I see is)All I see is a big balloon (big balloon)Halfway up to the moon (halfway to the moon)He's wrapped up in the warm and safe cocoonOf an eternal lieSo should I laugh (so should I laugh)Or cry?

©1981 Union AB

The Day Before You Came(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I must have left my house at eightBecause I always doMy train I'm certain left the stationJust when it was dueI must have read the morning paperGoing into townAnd having gotten through the editorialNo doubt I must have frownedI must have made my desk aroundA quarter after nineWith letters to be readAnd heaps of papers waiting to be signedI must have gone to lunchAt half past twelve or so

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The usual place, the usual bunchAnd still on top of thisI'm pretty sure it must have rainedThe day before you came

I must have lit my seventh cigaretteAt half past twoAnd at the time I never evenNoticed I was blueI must have kept on dragging throughThe business of the dayWithout really knowing anythingI hid a part of me awayAt five I must have leftThere's no exception to the ruleA matter of routineI've done it ever since I finished schoolThe train back home againUndoubtedly I must have readThe evening paper thenOh yes, I'm sure my lifeWas well within its usual frameThe day before you came

I must have opened my front doorAt eight o'clock or soAnd stopped along the way to buy someChinese food to goI'm sure I had my dinner watchingSomething on TVThere's not, I think, a single episode of DallasThat I didn't seeI must have gone to bedAround a quarter after tenI need a lot of sleepAnd so I like to be in bed by thenI must have read a whileThe latest one by Marilyn FrenchOr something in that styleIt's funny but I hadNo sense of living without aimThe day before you came

And turning out the lightI must have yawned and cuddled upFor yet another nightAnd rattling on the roof

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I must have heard the sound of rainThe day before you came

©1982 Union Songs AB

Under Attack(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Don't know how to take itDon't know where to goMy resistance running lowAnd every day the hold is getting tighterAnd it troubles me so

(You know that I'm nobody's fool)I'm nobody's fool andYet it's clear to meI don't have a strategyIt's just like taking candy from a babyAnd I think I must be

Under attack (I'm being)I'm being taken (I'm being taken)About to crackDefences breakingWon't somebody please have a heart? (won't somebody have a heart)Come and rescue me now'Cause I'm falling apart

Under attack (I'm taking)I'm taking cover (I'm taking cover)He's on my trackMy chasing loverThinking nothing can stop him now (thinking nothing can stop him now)Should I want toI'm not sure I would know how

This is getting crazyI should tell him soReally let my anger showPersuade him that the answer to his questionsIs a definite "no"

(I'm kind of flattered I suppose)Guess I'm kind of flatteredBut I'm scared as wellSomething like a magic spell

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I hardly dare to think of what would happenWhere I'd be if I fell

Under attack (I'm being)I'm being taken (I'm being taken)About to crackDefences breakingWon't somebody please have a heart? (won't somebody have a heart)Come and rescue me now'Cause I'm falling apart

Under attack (I'm taking)I'm taking cover (I'm taking cover)He's on my trackMy chasing loverThinking nothing can stop him now (thinking nothing can stop me now)Should I want toI'm not sure I would know how

©1982 Union Songs AB

You Owe Me One(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Now there's a shadow fallingOver our facesDoubtForeverIn our heartsAnd in a while we'll start toPick up the tracesWeWon'tFind the missing partsBuy me a ticket I'll go to the Bahamas (aah)I need a rest from our petty little dramas (aah)Yes, I really do

Aha, hmm (now look what you've done)Look what you've doneI'm missing all the fun (I miss all the fun)Baby, you owe me oneAha, hmm (it's my turn to run)My turn to runA chance to feel the sun (and sit in the sun)Baby, you owe me one

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I wasn't ready for thisKind of intrusionIWasTaken by surpriseNow both of us are in aState of confusionHesitationIn our eyesSomething unwanted has entered our existence (aah)I think it's better to view it from a distance (aah)Yes, I really do

Aha, hmm (now look what you've done)Look what you've doneI'm missing all the fun (I miss all the fun)Baby, you owe me oneAha, hmm (it's my turn to run)My turn to runA chance to feel the sun (and sit in the sun)Baby, you owe me one

©1982 Union Songs AB

Gracias Por La Música(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

Soy muy sencilla, y algo aburrida tal vezLas bromas que sé, me salen seguro al revésPero hay un talento en mí singulary es que la gente me escucha al cantary me hace felizOrgullosa lo puedo anunciar

Por eso quiero dar las graciasa las cancionesque transmiten emocionesQuiero dar las graciaspor lo que me hacen sentirDebo admitir quecon la música vale vivirPor eso quiero dar las graciaspor este don en mí

Todos decían que fui una niña precozBailé y canté, sobresalí por mi vozY hoy me pregunto cuál es la razón

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¿Por qué siempre gana la gran atenciónuna simple canciónsi se hace con el corazón?

Por eso quiero dar las graciasa las cancionesque transmiten emocionesQuiero dar las graciaspor lo que me hacen sentirDebo admitirque con la música vale vivirPor eso quiero dar las graciaspor este don en mí

¡Qué suerte tuve!¡Soy tan dichosa al cantar!Quiero que todos disfrutemos juntos¡Qué feliz!¡Qué placerexclamar!

Quiero dar las graciasa las cancionesque transmiten emocionesQuiero dar las graciaspor lo que me hacen sentirDebo admitirque con la música vale vivirPor eso quiero dar las graciaspor este don en mí

Por eso quiero dar las graciaspor este don en mí

©1977 Union Songs AB

Reina Danzante(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

A bailar, a girarSabes reír y vibrarUh, miren bien, allí vacomo una reina ya

Viernes noche y adónde irtodo listo para salir

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Luces por todas partesbusquen un lugarmúsica y a bailar

Uno y todos a disfrutarhay un ritmo sensacionalCon un rock muy violentolargas a bailarnadie te va a pararY en la multitudbrillas con plenitudReina al fin, toda juventudTu inquietudreina al fin, toda juventud

A bailar, a girarSabes reír y vibrarMiren bien, allí vacomo una reina ya

Y aunque sabes coquetearte interesa sólo bailarCon quién ya no te importa,sola te da igualnadie te va a parar

Uno y todos a disfrutarhay un ritmo sensacionalCon un rock muy violentolargas a bailarnadie te va a pararY en la multitudbrillas con plenitudReina al fin, toda juventudTu inquietudreina al fin, toda juventud

A bailar, a girarSabes reír y vibrarUh, miren bien, allí vacomo una reina yacomo una reina yacomo una reina ya

©1976 Polar Music AB

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Al Andar(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

Se dice que el ansioso esconde un alma en pazViajero o misionero, va lejos mucho másSi miro hasta el cielo, o dentro mío no séya nada importa muchosi puedo con sinceridadsaber que lo intenté

Como el mar y su crecienteva la gente al andarComo el viento y su corridava la vida al andarcomo el sol a la mañanaque reclama el andarAtesoro el momentovivo y sientoes mi intentoy lo hago al andar

Viajé por tantos lados en la imaginaciónEstamos siempre andando sin tiempo ni razón¿Quién sabe las respuestas? ¿Quién puede elegir?Si existen diferenciassabemos que hayen cada serdeseos de vivir

Como el mar y su crecienteva la gente al andarComo el viento y su corridava la vida al andarcomo el sol a la mañanaque reclama el andarAtesoro el momentovivo y sientoes mi intentoy lo hago al andar

La brisa que acaricia con suavidad el mary todas las gaviotas que vuelan sin cesarLo veo y lo siento, y no lo sé explicarEspléndido momentosentir lloverel sol nacervivir y disfrutar

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Como el mar y su crecienteva la gente al andarComo el viento y su corridava la vida al andarcomo el sol a la mañanaque reclama el andarAtesoro el momentovivo y sientoes mi intentoy lo hago al andarandarandar

Como el viento y su corridava la vida al andarcomo el sol a la mañanaque reclama el andarAtesoro el momentovivo y sientoes mi intentoy lo hago al andarandarandar

Como el viento y su corridava la vida al andar

©1977 Polar Music AB

Dame! Dame! Dame!(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

El relojya marcó medianochey otra vez encontréque tan sólo me acompaña la T.V.

El soplarde ese viento afueravive la desolaciónme oprime con angustia el corazónNo hay más que soledadnadie ni por piedad

Dame, dame, dameamor esta noche

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alguien que me ayudea las sombras borrarDame, dame, dameamor esta nochehasta que amanezcaver el día aclarar

Tantos haycon gran suerte y fortunaTodo pueden conseguirtan distinto a lo que tengo que vivir

Aburridame encuentro esta nochey la gran oscuridades mi siempre obligada amistadNo hay más que soledadnadie ni por piedad

Dame, dame, dameamor esta nochealguien que me ayudea las sombras borrarDame, dame, dameamor esta nochehasta que amanezcaver el día aclarar

Dame, dame, dameamor esta nocheDame, dame, dameamor esta noche

No hay más que soledadnadie ni por piedad

Dame, dame, dameamor esta nochealguien que me ayudea las sombras borrarDame, dame, dameamor esta nochehasta que amanezcaver el día aclarar

Dame, dame, dameamor esta nochealguien que me ayude

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a las sombras borrarDame, dame, dameamor esta nochehasta que amanezcaver el día aclarar

©1979 Union Songs AB

Fernando(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

¿Puedes escuchar, Fernando?Me recuerda tiempo atrás, estrellas y una noche alláEn la lumbre azul, Fernandotarareabas tu canción con ese suave guitarrearYo podía escuchar esos tambores con un sordo redoblar

Se acercaban más, Fernandoy el momento que pasaba parecía eternidadY sentí temor, FernandoPor la vida y juventud nadie pensaba en moriry no siento hoy vergüenza al confesar que tuve ganas de llorar

Algo había alrededor, quizá, de claridad, Fernandoque brillaba por nosotros dos en protección, FernandoNo pensábamos jamás perder, ni echar atrásSi tuviera que volverlo a hacer, lo haría ya, FernandoSi tuviera que volverlo a hacer, lo haría ya, Fernando

La vejez llegó, Fernandoy con ella una paz que hoy logramos disfrutar¿Se durmió el tambor, Fernando?Pareciera que fue ayer que lo vivimos tú y yoy en tus ojos veo aún aquel orgullo que refleja tu valor.

Algo había alrededor, quizá, de claridad, Fernandoque brillaba por nosotros dos en protección, FernandoNo pensábamos jamás perder, ni echar atrásSi tuviera que volverlo a hacer, lo haría ya, FernandoSi tuviera que volverlo a hacer, lo haría ya, Fernando

Algo había alrededor, quizá, de claridad, Fernandoque brillaba por nosotros dos en protección, FernandoNo pensábamos jamás perder, ni echar atrásSi tuviera que volverlo a hacer, lo haría ya, FernandoSi tuviera que volverlo a hacer, lo haría ya, Fernando

©1976 Union Songs AB

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Estoy Soñando(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

Yo lo soñéy el corazónme habló de amorcon emoción

Si vives la magiade hadas que hacen bienverás que el futurosonríe también

Creo en angelitosque me cuidan siempre de caerCreo en angelitosque la vida linda me hacen verY llegaréyo lo soñé

Yo lo soñéno fue ilusióny me ayudóen mi aflicción

Y la fantasíaa la oscuridadla transforma en díaen una verdad

Creo en angelitosque me cuidan siempre de caerCreo en angelitosque la vida linda me hacen verY llegaréyo lo soñé

Y llegaréyo lo soñé

Yo lo soñéy el corazónme habló de amorcon emoción

Si vives la magiade hadas que hacen bien

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verás que el futurosonríe también

Creo en angelitosque me cuidan siempre de caerCreo en angelitosque la vida linda me hacen verY llegaréyo lo soñé

Y llegaréyo lo soñé

©1979 Union Songs AB

Mamma Mia(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

Yo por ti me engañé, hace tiempo, lo séY ya lo decidí, ahora te dejaréMírame bien, ¿cuándo aprenderé?No sé por qué vivo tanto esta gran pasiónque me quema el corazón

Si me miras siento tanto placerSi te acercas, creo desvanecer

Oh oh, Mamma Mia, una y otra vezno sé cómo resistirteMamma Mia, quiero y tú lo vesno sé cómo evadirte

Tú, que me has provocadoluego me has rechazado¿Por qué te sigo queriendo así?

Mamma Mia, ya lo decidí¿Por qué no puedo vivir sin ti?

Tú me has hecho enojar con tu modo de sery quisiera olvidar tantas cosas de ayerMírame bien, ¿cuándo aprenderé?No sé por qué vivo tanto esta gran pasiónque me quema el corazón

Si me miras siento tanto placerSi te acercas, creo desvanecer

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Oh oh, Mamma Mia, una y otra vezno sé cómo resistirteMamma Mía, quiero y tú lo vesno sé cómo evadirte

Tú, que me has provocadoluego me has rechazado¿Por qué te sigo queriendo así?

Mamma Mia, una y otra vezno sé cómo resistirteMamma Mía, quiero y tú lo vesno sé cómo evadirte

Mamma Mia, una y otra vezno sé cómo resistirteMamma Mía, quiero y tú lo vesno sé cómo evadirte

Tú, que me has provocadoluego me has rechazado¿Por qué te sigo queriendo así?

Mamma Mia, ya lo decidí¿Por qué no puedo vivir sin ti?

©1975 Union Songs AB

Hasta Mañana(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

¿Dónde quedó el veranoaquél que nos unió?¿Dónde se fue? Yo no lo séSí, aún mi amor sigue por ti viviendo

Hasta mañana te sabré esperarDime tú el lugarEs que la fuerza de un amor asísabe triunfar siempre a pesar de todo

Hasta mañana te sabré esperarJunto a ti quiero estarEscríbeme, y te lo explicoPerdóname, te lo suplicoHasta mañana dimeHasta mañana mi amor

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¿Dónde quedó nuestro sueñoaquél que se escapó?¿Dónde se fue? Yo no lo séSí, aún mi amor sigue por ti viviendo

Hasta mañana te sabré esperarDime tú el lugarEs que la fuerza de un amor asísabe triunfar siempre a pesar de todo

Hasta mañana te sabré esperarJunto a ti quiero estarEscríbeme, y te lo explicoPerdóname, te lo suplicoHasta mañana dimeHasta mañana mi amor

Hasta mañana te sabré esperarJunto a ti quiero estarEscríbeme, y te lo explicoPerdóname, te lo suplicoHasta mañana dimeHasta mañana mi amor

©1974 Union Songs AB

Conociéndome, Conociéndote(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

Ya no hay más sonrisaTodo finaliza

Nuestra casa hoy vacíame hace llorarLa historia aquí terminahay que olvidar

Solo tú, sola yo (ajáaa...)Poco y nada se logróSolo tú, sola yo (ajáaa...)Nuestro amor, ¿quién puede negar? (negar...)Pasó (se terminó... pasó y se terminó, se terminó...)

Separarse es tan difícil, lo sé, pero yo (y yo...) me iré (difícil es... sí, y yo me iré)Conociéndome a mí, conociéndote a ti

Bueno (bueno), malo (malo), tanto (tanto)Guardo (guardo) risas (risas), llanto (llanto)

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En los cuartos donde vimos niños jugarhay sólo un gran silencio en el lugar

Solo tú, sola yo (ajáaa...)Poco y nada se logróSolo tú, sola yo (ajáaa...)Nuestro amor, ¿quién puede negar? (negar...)Pasó (se terminó... pasó y se terminó, se terminó...)

Separarse es tan difícil, lo sé, pero yo (y yo...) me iré (difícil es... sí, y yo me iré)Conociéndome a mí, conociéndote a ti

Solo tú, sola yo (ajáaa...)Poco y nada se logróSolo tú, sola yo (ajáaa...)Nuestro amor, ¿quién puede negar? (negar...)Pasó (se terminó... pasó y se terminó, se terminó...)

Separarse es tan difícil, lo sé, pero yo (y yo...) me iré (difícil es... sí, y yo me iré)Conociéndome a mí, conociéndote a ti

©1976 Polar Music AB

Chiquitita(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus; Spanish lyrics: Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey)

Chiquitita, dime por quétu dolor hoy te encadenaEn tus ojos hayuna sombra de gran pena

No quisiera verte asíaunque quieras disimularloSi es que tan triste estáspara qué quieres callarlo

Chiquitita, dímelo túen mi hombro aquí llorandoCuenta conmigo yapara así seguir andando

Tan segura te conocíy ahora tu ala quebrada (siempre duele ver llorar)déjamela arreglaryo la quiero ver curada

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Chiquitita, sabes muy bienque las penas vienen y van y desaparecenOtra vez vas a bailar y serás felizcomo flores que florecen

Chiquitita, no hay que llorarLas estrellas brillan por tí allá en lo altoQuiero verte sonreír para compartirtu alegría, Chiquitita

Otra vez quiero compartirtu alegría, Chiquitita

Chiquitita, dime por quétu dolor hoy te encadenaEn tus ojos hayuna sombra de gran pena

No quisiera verte asíaunque quieras disimularloSi es que tan triste estáspara qué quieres callarlo

Chiquitita, sabes muy bienque las penas vienen y van y desaparecenOtra vez vas a bailar y serás felizcomo flores que florecen

Chiquitita, no hay que llorarLas estrellas brillan por tí allá en lo altoQuiero verte sonreír para compartirtu alegría, Chiquitita

Otra vez quiero compartirtu alegría, Chiquitita

Otra vez quiero compartirtu alegría, Chiquitita

©1979 Música para Unicef

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ANDANTE ANDANTE

Despacito,por favor

Suavemente,como brisa, dame amor

Sin apuro,ven a mí

Andante, andantesentir que nace así

Tus caricias,avidez

TerciopeloEn la noche

CalidezMe complaces

Sabes bienAndante, andante

Sin prisa tú también

Soy tu vida,(soy tu vida y soy tu canción)

tu canción(soy tu vida y soy tu canción)

Toda tuya sé que soysin condición

(tuya yo sé que soy sin condición)Soy tu canto,

tu placer(yo soy tu canto y canto)

Andante, andantedespacio

en tu quererAndante, andante

Hay tanto que perder

Cuando miras,hay por ti,

sensaciones,que estremecen todo en mí

En silencio,ámame

Andante, andanteUn sueño viviré

ANDANTE ANDANTE

Very slowly,pleaseSoftly,

like breeze, give me loveWithout hurry,

come to meAndante, andante

feeling how it springs up

Your caresses,avidityVelvet

At nightWarmth

You please meYou know well

Andante, andanteWithout hurry you as well

I'm your life,(I'm your life and I'm your song)

your song(I'm your life and I'm your song)

All yours I know I amunconditionally

(all yours I know I am unconditionally)I'm your singing,

your pleasure(I'm your singing and I sing)

Andante, andanteslowly

in your loveAndante, andante

There's so much to lose

When you look,there are in you,

sensations,that makes me all trembling

In silence,love me

Andante, andanteI will live a dream

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Soy tu vida,(soy tu vida y soy tu canción)

tu canción(soy tu vida y soy tu canción)

Toda tuya sé que soysin condición

(tuya yo sé que soy sin condición)Soy tu canto,

tu placer(yo soy tu canto y canto)

Andante, andantedespacio

en tu quererAndante, andante

Hay tanto que perder

Soy tu canto,tu placer

(yo soy tu canto y canto)Andante, andante

despacioen tu querer

Andante, andanteHay tanto que perder

Andante, andanteHay tanto que perder

I'm your life,(I'm your life and I'm your song)

your song(I'm your life and I'm your song)

All yours I know I amunconditionally

(all yours I know I am unconditionally)I'm your singing,

your pleasure(I'm your singing and I sing)

Andante, andanteslowly

in your loveAndante, andante

There's so much to lose

I'm your singing,your pleasure

(I'm your singing and I sing)Andante, andante

slowlyin your love

Andante, andanteThere's so much to lose

Andante, andanteThere's so much to lose

~~~~~~~~~Escrita y producida por: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Traducción al Español por: Budd & Mary McCluskey

FELICIDAD

No más champagneLa bengala se apagó

Solo tú, sola yoEl festejo ya pasó

Es el fin de la fiestaY hay un gris amanecer

¿Dónde está ese ayerque debemos proponer?

Felicidad, felicidadAl brindar

HAPPINESS

No more champagneThe star shell went outYou alone, me alone

The celebration already endedIt's the end of the party

And there is a grey dawnWhere is that yesterdaythat we should promote?

Happiness, happinessAt the toast

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les deseamosde ahora en más

paz, amor en donde reine la amistadFelicidad, felicidad

al rogaresperanza de cambiar

sin dejar al desaliento dominarY triunfar

Y cuando veoese mundo que vendrá

nuevo al finllegará

de ceniza surgiráGente equivocada

que pretende estar muy biense los ve

arrastrar pies de barroy caminar

Sin saber por donde andar

Felicidad, felicidadal brindar

les deseamosde ahora en más

paz, amor en donde reine la amistadFelicidad, felicidad

al rogaresperanza de cambiar

sin dejar al desaliento dominarY así triunfar

Creo entenderque los sueños son infiel

Al morirno son más

que confites y papelEs el tiempo pasado

y en los años que vendrán,¿quién podrá predecirque depara el porvenirque nos falta por vivir?

Felicidad, felicidadal brindar

les deseamosde ahora en más

we wish you allfrom now on

peace, love where friendship reignsHappiness, happiness

when we pleadthe hope of changing

without letting the discouragement to ruleAnd to triumph

And when I seethat world that will come

new at lastit will arrive

from ashes it will ariseMistaken people

that pretends to be very wellyou can see themdragging clay feet

and walkingWithout knowing where to walk

Happiness, happinessAt the toast

we wish you allfrom now on

peace, love where friendship reignsHappiness, happiness

when we pleadthe hope of changing

without letting the discouragement to ruleAnd, that way, to triumph

I think I understandthat the dreams are infidel

When they diethey're no more

than confetti and paperIt's the past time

and in the years that will come,who will be able to predictwhat will provide the future

that we have yet to live?

Happiness, happinessAt the toast

we wish you allfrom now on

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paz, amor en donde reine la amistadFelicidad, felicidad

al rogaresperanza de cambiar

sin dejar al desaliento dominarY así, triunfar

peace, love where friendship reignsHappiness, happiness

when we pleadthe hope of changing

without letting the discouragement to ruleAnd, that way, to triumph

~~~~~~~~~~~Escrita y producida por: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Traducción al Español por:Budd & Mary McCluskey

©1980 Polar Music International AB

NO HAY A QUIEN CULPAR

Por los dos,brindo aquí

La cuenta se saldóLo que fue

calidez,el frio invadió

Aves al pasar, tú y yomigramos con el sol

Hacia un verano nuevosin oscuridad

Hoy que todo terminó,no hay a quien culpar

Somos dos,que ayer

vivimos soledadNuesra unión

se quebrócon toda dignidad

Aún buscamos cielo azulen nuesro caminar

Gracias por un gran amory la felicidad

Hoy que todo terminó,no hay a quien culpar

Bien se daque al caer,

hay posibilidadde surgir

THERE'S NO-ONE TO BLAME

Here's to us,I toast here

The bill is paidWhat it was

warmth,was invaded by the coldness

Like birds that pass, you and mewe migrated with the sunTowards a new summer

without darknessToday that everything is over,

there's no-one to blame

We are two,that yesterdaylived solitude

Our unionbroke

with all dignityWe still look for a blue sky

during our walkingThank you for a great love

and the happinessToday that everything is over,

there's no-one to blame

Good is giventhat when you fall,there's possibility

of rising

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otra vezy ver la realidad

Todo claro al final,no hay nada por probarEn el cruce del camino

sólo un nuevo andarHoy que todo terminó,no hay a quien culpar

En el cruce del caminosólo un nuevo andar

Hoy que todo terminó,no hay a quien culpar

againand see the reality

Everything clear in the end,there's nothing left to try

At the crossroadsonly a new walking

Today that everything is over,there's no-one to blame

At the crossroadsonly a new walking

Today that everything is over,there's no-one to blame

Escrita y producida por:Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Traducción al Español por:Budd & Mary McCluskey

RING RING

El teléfono está allíY no suena para míPienso, "¿Qué pasó

y dónde estarás?", que no llamasEs la noche triste y grisNo me siento muy felizY mi amor, ¿qué hago?Yo estoy aquí esperando

Que me llames y por fin¡Cambia el mundo para mí! Oh...

¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favor¡Ring Ring! Es la más bella canción¡Ring Ring! La guardo con emoción

Y estoy junto al teléfonoSin moverme, ¡estoy mirándolo!

Oh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favorOh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favor

Yo te tuve y te perdíPero no lo comprendíMe equivoqué pero,

jamás podré saber cómo ha sido

RING RING

The phone is thereAnd it doesn't ring for meI think, "What happened

and where will you be?", that you don't call meThe night is sad and gray

I don't feel very happyAnd my love, what should I do?

I am here waiting for you

Call me and at lastThe world will change for me! Oh...

¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, please¡Ring Ring! It's the most beautiful song¡Ring Ring! I keep it with deep emotion

And I'm close to the phoneWithout moving from it, I'm looking at it!

Oh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, pleaseOh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, please

I had you and I lost youBut I didn't understand

I was wrong but,I would never be able to understand it

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¿Cuánto hará que no me ves?¿Es un año? ¿Es un mes?

Si llorando estoy,comprende que yo sufra en silencio

Necesito tu perdón¡Escucha a mi corazón! Oh...

¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favor¡Ring Ring! Es la más bella canción¡Ring Ring! La guardo con emoción

Y estoy junto al teléfonoSin moverme, ¡estoy mirándolo!

Oh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favorOh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favor

Ooh Ooooh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, porfavor

Oh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favorOh, ¡Ring Ring! Llámame al fin, por favor

How long is it that you don't see me?Is it a year? Is it a month?

If I'm crying,understand that I suffer in silence

I need your pardonListen to my heart! Oh...

¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, please¡Ring Ring! It's the most beautiful song¡Ring Ring! I keep it with deep emotion

And I'm close to the phoneWithout moving from it, I'm looking at it!

Oh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, pleaseOh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, please

Ooh Ooooh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, pleaseOh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, pleaseOh, ¡Ring Ring! Call me at last, please

Escrita y/o producida por:Stig Anderson, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Traducción al Español por: Doris Band©1973 Polar Music International AB

SE ME ESTÁ ESCAPANDO

Ella se va,tan feliz,

a la escuela ahoraDiciendo adiós

con ausente sonreírAllí se vay en mí

siento una tristezaAlgo que me hace

percibirAún me pertenece,

pero menosEn ese mundode su candidez

(se me está escapando al crecer...)Feliz de compartir

aún su risay toda su niñez

SHE'S ESCAPING FROM ME

She leaves,so happy,

way to school nowSaying good-bye

with an absent smileThere she goesand inside meI feel sadness

Something that makes meperceive

She still belongs to me,but less

In that worldof her naïveté

(she's escaping from me on her growing...)Happy of sharingstill her laughter

and all her childhood

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Se me está escapandoal crecer

¿Cómo lograrque se detenganhoy los minutos?

Se me está escapandoal crecer

Su gran fantasía cuidaréY cuando la voydescubriendo,

sigue creciendoSe me está escapando,

ya lo sé

Hay en las dos,ella y yo,

sueño al desayunoY, sin querer,

dejo al tiempo transcurrirCuando se va,siento en míla melancolíaCierta culpa

que no sé fingir¿Por dónde están aquellas aventuras?

¿Y los lugaresque íbamos a ver?

(se me está escapando al crecer...)Algunas pocas cosas

disfrutamos...Hay tanto por hacer

Se me está escapandoal crecer

¿Cómo lograrque se detenganhoy los minutos?

Se me está escapandoal crecer

Su gran fantasía cuidaréY cuando la voy

descubriendoSigue creciendo

Se me está escapandoYa lo sé

She's escaping from meon her growing

How can I achievethat stop

the minutes today?She's escaping from me

on her growingI'll take care of her great fantasy

And when I'mdiscovering her,

she keeps on growingShe's escaping from me,

I know it already

There's in both of us,her and me,

sleep in the breakfastAnd, without wanting,I leave the time passing

When she leaves,I feel inside methe melancholyKind of guilt

that I can't concealWhere are those adventures?

And the placeswe were going to see?

(she's escaping from me on her growing...)Some little things

we enjoyed...There's so many things yet to do

She's escaping from meon her growing

How can I achievethat stop

the minutes today?She's escaping from me

on her growingI'll take care of her great fantasy

And when I'mdiscovering her,

she keeps on growingShe's escaping from me,

I know it already

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Si yo pudieracongelar la imagenGuardar el tiempo

y su capricho en mí(se me está escapando...)

Se me está escapandoal crecer...

Ella se va,tan feliz,

a la escuela ahoraDiciendo adiós

con ausente sonreír

If I couldfreeze the picture

Keep the timeand her desires in me

(she's escaping from me...)

She's escaping from meon her growing...

She leaves,so happy,

way to school nowSaying good-bye

with an absent smile

Escrita y producida por: Benny Andersson & Björn UlvaeusTraducida al Español por: Budd & Mary McCluskey

EL NOMBRE DEL JUEGO

Dos veces ya, te he visto yoTan sólo hace una semanaPues creo yo, por cada vez,me siento impresionadaUn caso imposible era yonadie podía entendermepero en tus ojos puedo yo vermucho vas a enseñarmePues quiero saber...

¿Qué es el nombre del juego?¿Significa algo para ti?¿Qué es el nombre del juego?¿Lo sientes tú igual que yo?Dime pues, tengo que saber,tímida soy yo, comienzo a crecer...

Y me haces hablarY me haces sentirY me harás mostrarlo que quiero encubrir,Si confío en ti, ¿me dejarás mal?¿Te reirás de mí?, si me abro yo a ti¿Puedes tú amarme a mí?Quiero saber...

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El nombre del juego...

Ni amistad, nadie a quien verY nunca soy invitadaY estoy aquí, hablándoteLa novedad me agradaSon dos tus labios y tu vozY cómo me conocesSiento que no me das elecciónVeo que mucho te importoPues quiero saber

¿Qué es el nombre el juego?(Son dos tus labios y tu voz)¿Significa algo para ti?(Siento que no me das elección)(Y es mejor)

¿Qué es el nombre del juego?(Son dos tus labios y tu voz)¿Lo sientes tú igual que yo?Dime pues, tengo que saber,tímida soy yo, comienzo a crecer...Y me haces hablar,Y me haces sentir,Y me haces mostrarlo que quiero encubrir,Si confío en ti, ¿me dejarás mal?¿Te reirás de mí?, si me abro yo a ti¿Puedes tú amarme a mí?Quiero saber...Oh, sí, quiero saber

El nombre del juego(Un caso imposible era yo)¿Significa algo para ti?(Pero en tus ojos puedo yo vez)(Que es mejor)

¿Qué es el nombre del juego?(Son dos tus labios y tu voz)¿Lo sientes tú igual que yo?(Siento que no me das elección)(Y es mejor)

¿Qué es el nombre del juego?

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(Un caso imposible era yo)¿Significa algo para ti?(Pero en tus ojos puedo yo ver)(Que es mejor)

(desvanecerse)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Música y letra original: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus©1977 Polar Music International A.B.

VA TODO AL GANADOR<<THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL>>

No quiero hablarde lo que pasamosUna herida en míAunque historia es yaMuy fuerte juguéTú también lo hicisteNada que añadirNi que discutir

Va todo al ganadorQuien pierda, compasiónSólo uno vencerá...Un destino fatal

Me abrazaba a tiMe creía seguraTodo encajaba asíValla en torno a míTu pecho, mi hogarFuerte y protegida¡Qué tonta que fui!Las reglas seguí

Los dioses lanzaránsus dados sin pensarque en este mundo cruelalguien llorará

Va todo al ganador

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Quien pierda sufriráEs simple, ya lo séNo me quejaré

Pero, dime ¿besa ellacomo yo solía?¿Te parece igualal oírte nombrar?Debes bien saberque te echo de menosPoco importa ya¿Quién me escuchará?

Decide el tribunalMi vida va a cambiarAmigos junto a mívelan mi penarLa prueba va a empezarAmor o amistadYa grande o menorVa todo al ganador

No quiero hablarSi triste te hace estarY entiendo quetú quieras mi amistadMe disculparássi te hace sentir malVerme en tensiónNo hay confianza en míPero ya vesVa todo al ganadorVa todo al ganador...

Pues quien gana, se lo llevaY quien pierde, se lamentaNo hay disculpasEs el juegoAlguien sufreEs el juegoSe lo lleva...Se lamenta...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Música y letra original: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

©1980 Polar Music International A.B.

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WATERLOO

Sí, sí.. En Waterloo capituló Napoleón¡Oh, sí! Y yo encontré mi destino de forma similarEl libro de Historia está ahíno se para de repetir...

¡Waterloo! yo fui vencido por tu amor...¡Waterloo! prometí amarte por siempre, ¿o no?¡Waterloo! aunque quisiera no sé escapar¡Waterloo! en mi destino escrito está¡Waterloo! mi vida tú tienes que salvar

Sí, sí.. En vano yo creí poder pararte¡Oh, sí! pero todo se quedó en una brava rendición¿Y cómo me puedo negar? Si pierdo yo creo ganar...

¡Waterloo! yo fui vencido por tu amor¡Waterloo! prometí amarte por siempre, ¿o no?¡Waterloo! sólo tu amor me liberará¡Waterloo! en mi destino escrito está¡Waterloo! mi corazón se te rendirá

¿Y cómo me puedo negar? Si pierdo yo creo ganar...¡Waterloo! sólo tu amor me liberará¡Waterloo! nuestro destino unido está¡Waterloo! mi corazón se te rendirá

¡Waterloo! nuestro destino unido está¡Waterloo! mi corazón se te rendirá...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Música y letra original: Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus

©1974 Polar Music International A.B.

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Nonalbum Tracks

Happy Hawaii(B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvæus)

Early this morningI drove in the rainOut to the airportTo get on the plane

Hey HonoluluI'm going to happy Hawaii

Alice has been thereShe said it was funSwimming and surfingEnjoying the sun

Hey HonoluluI'm going to happy Hawaii

After all I've had to go throughI'm making no plans (making no plans - ooh)But IBut I believe loveGives me a second chance

Guess I've been workingA little too hardNeed a vacationI'll send you a card

From HonoluluA greeting from happy Hawaii

(Heluja Hawaii)

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(Lulu, I'm going to Honolulu)(I'm going to Honolulu)

It's so exciting (I'm going to Honolulu)Why should I pretend (I'm going to Honolulu)In a few hours (I'm going to Honolulu)The plane will descend (I'm going to Honolulu)Hey Honolulu (I'm going to Honolulu)I'm going to happy Hawaii (I'm going to Honolulu)

(I'm going to Honolulu)(I'm going to Honolulu)

I can imagine (I'm going to Honolulu)The beach and the sand (I'm going to Honolulu)Walking with someone (I'm going to Honolulu)And holding his hand (I'm going to Honolulu)Hey Honolulu (I'm going to Honolulu)I'm going to happy Hawaii (I'm going to Honolulu)

(I'm going to Honolulu)

After all I've had to go throughI'm making no plans (making no plans - ooh)But IBut I believe loveGives me a second chance

Mmmh, I've got a feeling (lulu, I'm going to Honolulu)The dream will come true (I'm going to Honolulu)Somebody's waiting (I'm going to Honolulu)And I'll forget you (I'm going to Honolulu)Hey Honolulu (I'm going to Honolulu)I'm going to happy Hawaii (I'm going to Honolulu)

(I'm going to Honolu)

(Heluja Hawaii)©1977 Polar Music International AB

Cassandra(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Down in the street they're all singing and shoutingStaying alive though the city is dead

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Hiding their shame behind hollow laughterWhile you are crying alone on your bed

Pity Cassandra that no one believed youBut then again you were lost from the startNow we must suffer and sell our secretsBargain, playing smartAching in our hearts

Sorry CassandraI misunderstood (I'm sorry Cassandra)Now the last day is dawning (I'm sorry Cassandra)Some of us wantedBut none of us would (I'm sorry Cassandra)Listen to words of warning (I'm sorry Cassandra)But on the darkest of nightsNobody knew how to fightAnd we were caught in our sleepSorry CassandraI didn't believe (I'm sorry Cassandra)You really had the power I'm sorry Cassandra)I only saw it as dreams you would weave (I'm sorry Cassandra)Until the final hour

So in the morning your ship will be sailingNow that your father and sister are goneThere is no reason for you to lingerYou're grieving deeply but still moving on

You know the future is casting a shadowNo one else sees it but you know your fatePacking your bags, being slow and thoroughKnowing though you're lateThat ship is sure to wait

Sorry CassandraI misunderstood (I'm sorry Cassandra)Now the last day is dawning (I'm sorry Cassandra)Some of us wantedBut none of us would (I'm sorry Cassandra)Listen to words of warning (I'm sorry Cassandra)But on the darkest of nightsNobody knew how to fightAnd we were caught in our sleepSorry CassandraI didn't believe (I'm sorry Cassandra)You really had the power (I'm sorry Cassandra)

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I only saw it as dreams you would weave (I'm sorry Cassandra)Until the final hour

I watched her ship leaving harbour at sunriseSails almost slack in the cool morning rainShe stood on deck, just a tiny figureRigid and restrainedBlue eyes filled with pain

Sorry CassandraI misunderstood (I'm sorry Cassandra)Now the last day is dawning (I'm sorry Cassandra)Some of us wantedBut none of us would (I'm sorry Cassandra)Listen to words of warning (I'm sorry Cassandra)But on the darkest of nightsNobody knew how to fightAnd we were caught in our sleepSorry CassandraI didn't believe (I'm sorry Cassandra)You really had the power (I'm sorry Cassandra)I only saw it as dreams you would weave (I'm sorry Cassandra)Until the final hour

I'm sorry CassandraI'm sorry CassandraI'm sorry Cassandra

I'm sorry Cassandra©1982 Union Songs AB

Dream World(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

We're not the stars of a Hollywood movieSo what's the use to pretendI'm not so charming and you're not so groovyYou've gotta face it my friend

Dream worldYou've been living in a dream worldTrust meYou just can't escape from realityBoy meets girlDoesn't mean they're in a dream world

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Here I am, there you are, we're gonna make it togetherAnd we made it so far, so it can only get better

When you reach outAnd you say to me:"How I love you girl"When I hold youBaby can't you seeThat's a real dream world?

You had your hopes and your high expectationsSomehow it doesn't seem rightI'm getting fed up with your accusationsI'm not your angel in white

Dream worldYou've been living in a dream worldTrust meYou just can't escape from realityBoy meets girlDoesn't mean they're in a dream worldHere I am, there you are, we're gonna make it togetherAnd we made it so far, so it can only get better

When you reach outAnd you say to me:"How I love you girl"When I hold youBaby can't you seeThat's a real dream world?

Dream worldYou've been living in a dream worldTrust meYou just can't escape from realityBoy meets girlDoesn't mean they're in a dream worldHere I am, there you are, we're gonna make it togetherAnd we made it so far, so it can only get better

©1994 Union Songs AB

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Summer Night City (Full-Length Version)(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

In the night a new day dawningAnd the first birds start to singIn the pale light of the morningNothing's worth rememberingIt's a dream, it's out of reachScattered driftwood on a beach

Summer night citySummer night city

Waiting for the sunriseSoul dancing in the darkSummer night cityWalking in the moonlightLove-making in a parkSummer night city

In the sun I feel like sleepingI can't take it for too longMy impatience slowly creepingUp my spine and growing strong

I know what's waiting there for meTonight I'm loose and fancy-free

When the night comes with the actionI just know it's time to goCan't resist the strange attractionFrom that giant dynamoLots to take and lots to giveTime to breath and time to live

Waiting for the sunriseSoul dancing in the darkSummer night cityWalking in the moonlightLove-making in a parkSummer night city

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It's elusive, call it glitterSomehow something turns me onSome folks only see the litterWe don't miss them when they're gone

I love the feeling in the airMy kind of people everywhere

When the night comes with the actionI just know it's time to goCan't resist the strange attractionFrom that giant dynamo

And tomorrowWhen it's dawningAnd the first birds start to singIn the pale light of the morningNothing's worth remembering

It's a dream, it's out of reachScattered driftwood on a beach

Waiting for the sunriseSoul dancing in the darkSummer night cityWalking in the moonlightLove-making in a parkSummer night city

©1994 Union Songs AB

Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme !(A Man After Midnight)

(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Half past twelveAnd I'm watchin' the late showIn my flat all aloneHow I hate to spend the evening on my ownAutumn windsBlowin' outside my windowAs I look around the roomAnd it makes me so depressed to see the gloomThere's not a soul out thereNo one to hear my prayer

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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnightWon't somebody help me chase the shadows away?Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A man after midnightTake me through the darkness to the break of the day

Movie starsFind the end of the rainbowWith a fortune to winIt's so different from the world I'm livin' inTired of TVI open the windowAnd I gaze into the nightBut there's nothing there to seeNo one in sightThere's not a soul out thereNo one to hear my prayer

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnightWon't somebody help me chase the shadows away?Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnightTake me through the darkness to the break of the day

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnightGimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnight

There's not a soul out thereNo one to hear my prayer

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnightWon't somebody help me chase the shadows away?Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!A man after midnightTake me through the darkness to the break of the day

©1979 Union Songs AB

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Elaine(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

You hateYou screamYou swearAnd still you never reach himYou curseYou tryTo scareBut you can never teach him

It's a dead end streetThey tie your handsAnd tie your feetAnd the street is narrowA nowhere laneA nowhere train forElaine, Elaine, Elaine

Elaine, Elaine, ElaineYou know they're gonna get youYou tryTo breakAwayBut they will never let you

It's a dead end streetThey tie your handsAnd tie your feetAnd the street is narrowA nowhere laneThe nowhere train forElaine, Elaine, Elaine

You're like a goldfish in a bowlElaine, Elaine, ElaineThey have your mindThey'll take your soul

You come

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You stayYou goIt really doesn't matterYou've doneIt allBeforeBy now they know the pattern

It's a dead end streetThey tie your handsAnd tie your feetAnd the street is narrowA nowhere laneThe nowhere train forElaine, Elaine, Elaine

You're like a goldfish in a bowlElaine, Elaine, ElaineThey have your mindThey'll take your soul

Nowhere to goYou know they're gonna get youNowhere to goYou know they'll never let you

It's a dead end streetThey tie your handsAnd tie your feetAnd the street is narrowThe nowhere laneThe nowhere train forElaine, Elaine, Elaine

You're like a goldfish in a bowlElaine, Elaine, ElaineThey have your mindThey'll take your soul

Nowhere to goYou know they're gonna get youNowhere to goYou know they'll never let you...

©1980 Union Songs AB

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Put On Your White Sombrero(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

Put on your white sombreroSaddle your horse my dearAnd ride off into the sunsetYou better goFor there is noPlace for you hereLike an old-fashioned heroYou stand before meOh, you think our life is a movieMy world is realI even feelAnd I can doWithout you

Put on your white sombreroYour red bandana tooThink of this day as a showdownGoodbye my friendThis is the endFor me and youNow be a bold vaquero (quero, quero, quero, quero, quero)Don't show your feelingsI'll cry while you're disappearing (I will cry while you're disappearing)Into the nightAll dressed in whiteUnchained and freeWithout me

Put on your white sombreroLike all the cowboys doGo find a sweet señoritaSomebody meekWho'll never speakHarshly to youYou're such a caballero (caballero, caballero, caballero)ProudNever bendingI want someone who will take me (I want someone who will take me)Just as I amI need a manWho is in rhymeWith his timeOh, you never take meJust as I am

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I need a manWho is in rhymeWith his time

©1994 Union Songs AB

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INDICE ALFABETICO

A Pagina

Al andar 122Andante andante ( español ) 132Andante, Andante ( ingles ) 94Angel Eyes 76Another Town, Another Train 9As Good As New 71

B

Bang-A-Boomerang 42

C

Cassandra 145Chiquitita ( español ) 130Chiquitita ( ingles ) 82Conociendome , conociendote 129Crazy world ( bonus ) (Dream World) 147

D

Dame ! Dame ! Dame 123Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) 28Dancing Queen 48Disillusion 10Does Your Mother Know 79Dum Dum Diddle 50

E

Eagle 57Elaine 152El Nombre Del Juego (The Name Of The Game - Traduccion 139Estoy soñando 126

F

Felicidad 133Fernando ( español ) 125Fernando ( ingles ) 56

G

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 150Gonna Sing You My Lovesong 32Gracias por la musica 119

H

Happy Hawaii 144

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H Pagina

Happy New Year 97Hasta Mañana ( español ) 128Hasta Mañana (ingles ) 26He Is Your Brother 16Head Over Heels 103 Hey, Hey Helen 37Hole In Your Soul 66Honey Honey 29

I

I Am Just A Girl 17I am the cityI Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 43I Have A Dream 75I Let The Music Speak 107I Saw It In The Mirror 11I Wonder (Departure) 69If It Wasn't For The Nights 80I'm A Marionette 70I've Been Waiting For You 45

K

King Kong Song 25Kisses Of Fire 85Knowing Me, Knowing You 51

L

Lay All Your Love On Me 100Like An Angel Passing Through My Room 113Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) 13Lovelight 88Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 84

M

Mamma mia ( español ) 127Mamma mia ( ingles ) 36Man In The Middle 41Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother 14Me And I 95Merry go round ( bonus ) 19Money, Money, Money 51Move On 64My Love, My Life 49 My Mama Said 27

N

Nina, Pretty Ballerina 12No hay a quien culpar 135

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O Pagina

On And On And On 93One Man, One Woman 60One Of Us 109Our Last Summer 98

P

People Need Love 10Pick a bale of cotton, on top of old smokeyPut on your white sombrero 154

R

Reina danzante 120Ring ring ( español ) 136Ring Ring ( ingles ) 7Rock Me 43Rock'N Roll Band 18

S

S.O.S 40Santa Rosa ( bonus ) 21Se me esta escapando 137She's my kind of girl 17Should i laugh or cry 114Sitting In The Palmtree 24Slipping Through My Fingers 112So Long 46Soldiers 106Summer night city 86Super Trouper 89Suzy-Hang-Around 33

T

Take A Chance On Me 58Thank You For The Music 67That's Me 53The day before you came 115The King Has Lost His Crown 78 The Name Of The Game 62The Piper 99The Visitors (Crackin' Up) 102The way old friends do 101The Winner Takes It All 91Tiger 55Tropical Loveland 39Two For The Price Of One 111

Y

You Owe Me One 118

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U Pagina

Under attack 117

V

Va Todo al Ganador ( The Winner Takes It All- Traduccion) 141Voulez-Vous 73

W

Watch Out 31Waterloo 23Waterloo (Traduccion) 143What About Livingstone 30When All Is Said And Done 105When I Kissed The Teacher 47 Why Did It Have To Be Me 54