The Love Songs

ABBA The Love Songs Lyrics
1.Under Attack

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

Don't know how to take it
Don't know where to go
My resistance running low
And every day the hold is getting tighter
And it troubles me so

(You know that I'm nobody's fool)
I'm nobody's fool and
Yet it's clear to me
I don't have a strategy
It's just like taking candy from a baby
And I think I must be

Under attack (I'm being)
I'm being taken (I'm being taken)
About to crack
Defences breaking
Won'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 track
My chasing lover
Thinking nothing can stop him now (thinking nothing can stop him
now)
Should I want to
I'm not sure I would know how

This is getting crazy
I should tell him so
Really let my anger show
Persuade him that the answer to his questions
Is a definite 'no'

(I'm kind of flattered I suppose)
Guess I'm kind of flattered
But I'm scared as well
Something like a magic spell
I hardly dare to think of what would happen
Where I'd be if I fell

Under attack (I'm being)
I'm being taken (I'm being taken)
About to crack
Defences breaking
Won'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 track
My chasing lover
Thinking nothing can stop him now (thinking nothing can stop me
now)
Should I want to
I'm not sure I would know how


2.Slipping Through My Fingers

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my
fingers all the time)
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

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

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile


3.Should I Laugh Or Should I Cry

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

He
Stands
Towering over me beside my bed
Losing his head
Tells
Me
I must take him seriously
Droning on the usual way
He's such a clever guy
And I wonder
Should I laugh or cry?

He's (he's)
Dressed (dressed)
In the striped pyjamas that I bought
Trousers too short
Gives (gives)
Me (me)
Of his small philosophy
Carries on the way he does
And me, I get so tired
And I wonder
Should I laugh or cry?

High and mighty his banner flies
A fool's pride in his eyes
Standing 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 cocoon
Of an eternal lie
So should I laugh or cry?

Strange (strange)
How (how)
Dangerously indifferent I have grown
Cold as a stone
No (no)
More (more)
Pain where there was pain before
Far away he rambles on
I feel my throat go dry
And I wonder
Should I laugh or cry?

High and mighty his banner flies
A fool's pride in his eyes
Standing 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 cocoon
Of an eternal lie
So should I laugh (so should I laugh)
Or cry?


4.Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

You say she's been mad at you
Then you say you'll be patient, hmm
Still I see that she makes you blue
Come on, I'll give you consolation
Gonna sing you my lovesong, gonna bring you some light
Wanna make you feel happy every day of your life
Gonna sing you my lovesong, gonna make it alright
You're all I ever need, my darling

Just to be where you wanna be
So much fun we could have then, hmm
To be yours for eternity
What a miracle to happen

Gonna sing you my lovesong, wanna sing it for you
Gonna give you sweet loving, gonna give myself too
Wanna sing you my lovesong, when I think about you
I know she doesn't make it easy
'Cause you don't please her like you please me

You're my love, you're my angel
You're my first, you're my last
Would she care if you lingered
For another night
Wanna hold you tight
We could make it right

Gonna sing you my lovesong, gonna bring you some light
Wanna make you feel happy every day of your life
Gonna sing you my lovesong, gonna make it alright
I know she doesn't make it easy

Gonna sing you my lovesong, wanna sing it for you
Gonna give you sweet loving, gonna give myself too
Wanna sing you my lovesong, when I think about you
You're all I ever need, my darling
And I would love to sing my lovesong
For you


5.Lovers(Live A Little Longer)

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

Sit down and listen
'Cause I got good news for you it
Was in the papers today
Some physician
Had made a discovery
Guess what she had to say (hmm, you know that)
She said that every result she had, backed her
Claiming 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 longer
Ain'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 tight
Lovers live a little longer, yeah

I can imagine
I see in my fantasy
I'll enjoy every day
Makin' love is a
Dynamite drug, baby
So why don't we star ride away (I'm explodin')
I don't care if they're watchin', 'cause listen
We'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 longer
Ain'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 tight
Lovers live a little longer, yeah

I just don't care if they're watchin', 'cause listen
We'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 longer
Ain'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 tight
Lovers live a little longer, yeah


6.Lovelight(Original Mix)

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

I've always hated my room
It's so gloomy and dreary
Always too dark
For the windows just face the back yard
So I
Can't understand how it's happened
How everything's changing
This old dirty ceiling seems a little whiter
When you walked into the room
It all got so much brighter
You must have a

Lovelight
Everything around you is
Lovelight
And I can feel your love anywhere (love that's shining)
Maybe even when you're not there (love that's shining)

Got lovelight
Everything around you is
Lovelight
You'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 you
I don't wanna lose your
Lovelight

How I remember
The first time we went to a movie
We had decided
To meet on a corner downtown
And I
Waited there when you came up from
Behind and you kissed me
And the traffic seemed to get a little lighter
When you came into my life
It all got so much brighter
You must have a

Lovelight
Everything around you is
Lovelight
And I can feel your love everywhere (love that's shining)
Maybe even when you're not there (love that's shining)

Got lovelight
Everything around you is
Lovelight
You'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 you
I don't wanna lose your
Lovelight

And I feel so good
And I feel so high
And I know that
You must have a
Lovelight

Got lovelight
And I can feel your love anywhere (love that's shining)
Maybe even when you're not there (love that's shining)
You've got
Lovelight
Everything around you is
Lovelight
You'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 you
I don't want to lose your
Lovelight

Everything about you is right
Let it glow and let it be bright
I don't wanna lose your
Lovelight

Shining like a star in the night


7.I've Been Waiting For You

Written:B.Andersson/S.Anderson/B.Ulvaus

I, I've been in love before
I thought I would no more
Manage to hit the ceiling
Still, strange as it seems to be
You brought it back to me
That old feeling

I, I don't know what you do
You make me think that you
Possibly could release me
I think you'll be able to
Make all my dreams come true
And you ease me

You thrill me, you delight me
You please me, you excite me
You're something I've been waiting for
I love you, I adore you
I lay my life before you
I'll have you want me more and more
And finally it seems
My lonely days are through
I've been waiting for you

I, I'm gonna make you mine
You're gonna feel so fine
You'll never want to leave me
I feel you belong to me
Someday you will agree
Please, believe me

You thrill me, you delight me
You please me, you excite me
You're something I've been waiting for
I love you, I adore you
I lay my life before you
I'll have you want me
More and more
And finally it seems
My lonely days are through
I've been waiting for you


8.My Love, My Life

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

I've seen it on your face
Tells me more than any worn-out old phrase
So now we'll go separate ways
Never again we two
Never again, nothing I can do

Like an image passing by
My love, my life
In 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 life
Are the words you try to find
My love, my life
But I know I don't possess you
So go away, God bless you
You are still my love and my life
Still my one and only

I've watched you look away
Tell me, is it really so hard to say?
Oh, this has been my longest day
Sitting here close to you
Knowing that maybe tonight we're through

Like an image passing by
My love, my life
In 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 life
Are the words you try to find
My love, my life
But I know I don't possess you
So go away, God bless you
You are still my love and my life
Still my one and only


9.One Man, One Woman

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

No smiles, not a single word
At the breakfast table
Though I would have liked to begin
So much that I wanna say
But I feel unable
You leave and you slam the door
Like you've done many times before
And I cry and I feel so helpless

One man, one woman
Two friends and two true lovers
Somehow we'll help each other
Through the hard times
One man, one woman
One life to live together
One chance to take
That never comes back again
You and me
To the end

Outside I can see the sun
Through the open window
Inside everything feels so cold
What's wrong, what is happening?
Where did all our love go?
Sometimes when I just can't cope
I cling to a desperate hope
And I cry and I feel like crying

One man, one woman
Two friends and two true lovers
Somehow we'll help each other
Through the hard times
One man, one woman
The one life to live together
One chance to take
That never comes back again
You and me
To the end

Daydreams of a better life
But I have to wake up
The sound of a key in the door
You smile and I realise
That we need a shake-up
Our love is a precious thing
Worth the pain and the suffering
And it's never too late for changing

One man, one woman
Two friends and two true lovers
Somehow we'll help each other
Through the hard times
One man, one woman
The one life to live together
One chance to take
That never comes back again
You and me
To the end
You and me
To the end


10.Tropical Loveland

Written:B.Andersson/S.Anderson/B.Ulvaus

Come to my loveland
Wander along beautiful gardens full of flowers and songs
Come to the sunshine, beaches and the sand
Listen to two bluebirds, won't you come to my land?
The grass is mellow and the sky is blue
My paradise is waiting here for you
It's a tropical loveland
I wanna share it with you
Life can be funny, happy and sunny
In my tropical loveland

Come to my loveland (to my loveland)
Wander with me (to my loveland) Lie with me darling in the shade
of a tree (to my loveland)
Over the rainbow (to my loveland) Under the moon (to my
loveland)
That's where my land is, won't you come to me soon?
Just take my hand, I'll show you everything
The secrets that my paradise can bring

It's a tropical loveland
I wanna share it with you
Life can be funny, happy and sunny
In my tropical loveland

It's a tropical loveland
I wanna share it with you (I wanna share it with you)
It's a tropical loveland (It's a tropical loveland)
I wanna share it with you
It's a tropical loveland
I wanna share it with you


11.Another Town, Another Train

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

Day is dawning and I must go
You're asleep but still I'm sure you'll know
Why it had to end this way
You and I had a groovy time
But I told you somewhere down the line
You would have to find me gone
I just have to move along
Just another town, another train
Waiting in the morning rain
Look in my restless soul, a little patience
Just another town, another train
Nothing lost and nothing gained
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations

When you wake I know you'll cry
And the words I wrote to say goodbye
They won't comfort you at all
But in time you will understand
That the dreams we dreamed were made of sand
For a no-good bum like me
To live is to be free

Just another town, another train
Waiting in the morning rain
Look in my restless soul, a little patience
Just another town, another train
Nothing lost and nothing gained
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations


12.When All Is Said And Done

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

Here's to us
One more toast
And then we'll pay the bill
Deep inside
Both us
Can feel the autumn chill
Birds of passage
You and me
We fly instinctively
When the summer's over
And the dark clouds hide the sun
Neither you nor I'm to blame
When all is said and done

In our lives
We have walked
Some strange and lonely treks
Slightly worn
But dignified
And not too old for sex
We're still striving
For the sky
No taste for humble pie
Thanks for all your generous love
And thanks for all the fun
Neither you nor I'm to blame
When all is said and done

It's so strange
When you're down
And lying on the floor
How you rise
Shake your head
Get up and ask for more
Clear-headed and open-eyed
With nothing left untried
Standing calmly at the crossroads
No desire to run
There's no hurry anymore
When all is said and done

Standing calmly at the crossroads
No desire to run
There's no hurry anymore
When all is said and done


13.If It Wasn't For The Nights

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

I got appointments
Work I have to do
Keepin' me so busy
All the day through
They're the things that keep me from thinkin' of you
Oh, baby I miss you so
I know I'm never gonna make it

Oh, I'm so restless
I don't care what I say
And I lose my temper
Ten times a day
Still it's even worse when the night's on it's way
It's bad
Oh, so bad

Somehow I'd be doin' alright
If 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 fight
If 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 fall
Sittin' here alone and starin' at the wall
Even I could see a light
If it wasn't for the nights (even I could see a light, I think
that I could make it)
Somehow I'd be doin' alright
If it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think
that I could take it)

No one to turn to
You know how it is
I was not prepared for
Something like this
Now I see them clearly the things that I miss
Oh, baby I feel so bad
I know I'm never gonna make it

I've got my business
To help me through the day
People I must write to
Bills I must pay
But everything's so different, when night's on it's way
It's bad
Oh, so bad

Somehow I'd be doin' alright
If 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 fight
If 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 fall
Sittin' here alone and starin' at the wall
Even I could see a light
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 bright
If it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think
that I could make it)

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

Even I could see a light
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 bright
If it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think
that I could take it)

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

Even I could see a light
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 bright
If it wasn't for the nights (if it wasn't for the nights I think
that I could take it)


14.So Long

Lyrics:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus
Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

You think you're gonna make me soft with your fancy car
But I can tell you all of your tricks ain't gonna get you far
They say that money's got a magic touch
But not to me, it doesn't mean that much
You won't have me tonight
All right, all right, all right, all right

So long (ooh, honey honey)
See you honey (honey honey honey)
Can't buy me with you money (ooh, money money)
Tracy, Daisy
They may be crazy
But I'll never be your girl
So long (ooh, honey honey)
See you honey (honey honey honey)
Can't buy me with your money (ooh, money money)
You know it's not worth trying
So long, so long, so long (ooh, honey-hon honey hon-honey ooh,
mon-mon money money money)

You didn't have to send me flowers like you did today
I wouldn't keep a thing from you, I gave them all away
The girls might fall for everything you've got
But I'm not one of them
You know I'm not
You won't have me tonight
All right, all right, all right, all right

So long (ooh, hon-hon)
See you honey (ooh, hon-honey)
Can't buy me with your money (ooh, mon-money)
Tracy, Daisy
They may be crazy
But I'll never be your girl
So long (ooh, hon-hon)
See you honey (ooh, hon-honey)
Can't buy me with your money (ooh, mon-money)
You know it's not worth trying
So long, so long, so long (ooh, honey-hon hon-hon-honey)

So long (ooh, hon-hon)
See you honey (ooh, hon-honey)
Can't buy me with your money (ooh, mon-money)
You know it's not worth trying
So long
So long
So long (ooh, honey-hon oh, honey honey)

So long
So long
So long (ooh, honey-hon honey honey honey)

So long
So long
So long (ooh, honey-hon ooh, honey honey)

?975 Union Songs AB

Crazy World
(B. Andersson, B. Ulvs)

I was out with the morning sun
Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd take a walk
I was thinking of you and me
And I went to your house 'cause I had to talk
I could hardly believe my eyes
When I saw this guy closing you're front door
Had a feeling of emptiness
Like I've never had before

And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl?
Then I realise
It's a crazy world

As he disappeared in his car
I was stunned and I didn't know what to do
Everything I had ever dreamed
Everything in my life's a part of you
And I just couldn't move my feet
So I stood on the pavement as you came out
You acted as you didn't know
What it was all about

And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl?
Then I realise
It's a crazy world

Baby how could you do it?
You just told me lies
And you meet behind my back with other guys
Baby how could you tell me
There was only me?
I was stupid to believe you
I was blind but now I see

Then you smiled and you took my hand
'There is something', you said, 'that you may not know'
'There's a couple of men in my life
And one of them is my brother, Joe
He's been gone for a long, long time
But he's back and I think he's gonna stay
You'll be seeing a lot of him
He's so nice in every way'

And I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realise
It's a crazy world

So I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realise
It's a crazy world
?976 Union Songs AB

Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight
Special
(Trad: B. Andersson, B. Ulvs)

Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Gonna jump down
Spin around
Pick a bale of cotton
Gonna jump down
Spin around
Pick a bale a day

Gonna jump down
Spin around
Pick a bale of cotton
Gonna jump down
Spin around
Pick a bale a day

Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day

I said
Me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton
Now
Me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day
I said
Me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton
Now
Me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day

Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day

On Top Of Old Smokey
On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
By courting so slow
For courting's a pleasure
And parting is grief
And a false-hearted lover
Is worse than a thief

On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
By courting so slow

Midnight Special
Well, you wake up in the morning
Hear the ding-dong ring
You go marching to the table
See the same old thing
See the fork on the table
Nothing in your pan
If you sing a thing about it
You're in trouble with the man

Let the midnight special shine a light on me
Let the midnight special shine it's ever loving light on me

If you ever go to Houston
Well, you better act right
And you better not gamble
And you better not fight
For the sheriff will arrest you
Then he'll take you down
And before you understand it
You are prison bound

Let the midnight special
Shine a light on me
Let the midnight special
Shine it's ever loving light on me
On me, on me