The Hits Vol 2

ABBA The Hits Vol 2 Lyrics
1.The Name Of The Game

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

I've seen you twice
In a short time
Only a week since we started
It seems to me
For every time
I'm getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible case
No one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There's a lot you can teach me
So 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 know
I'm a bashful child
Beginning 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 friends
No one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here
Talking to you
No wonder I get excited

Your smile and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So 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 lot
What'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 know
I'm a bashful child
Beginning 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
Oh 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 lot
What'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 lot
What'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


2.Arrival

Music:B.Andersson/B.Ulvaus

(Instrumental)


3.Ring, Ring

Written:B.&S.Andersson/B.Ulvaus/N.Sedaka/P.Cody

I was sitting by the phone
I was waiting all alone
Baby, by myself I sit and wait and wonder about you
It's a dark and dreary night
Seems like nothing's going right
Won't you tell me honey how can I go on here without you?
Yes, I'm down and feeling blue
And 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 all
Ring ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring ring, why don't you give me a call?

You where here and now you're gone
Hey did I do something wrong?
I just can't believe that I could be so badly mistaken
Was 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 aching

Please forgive and then forget
Or maybe darling better yet, oh-oh

Ring ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring ring, why don't you give me a call?


4.Eagle

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

They came flying from far away
Now I'm under their spell
I love hearing the stories that they tell
They've seen places beyond my land
And they've found new horizons
They speak strangely but I understand
And I dream I'm an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high
I'm a bird in the sky
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high
What a feeling to fly
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please

As all good friends we talk all night
And we fly wing to wing
I have questions and they know everything
There's no limit to what I feel
We climb higher and higher
Am I dreaming or is it all real?
Is it true I'm an eagle?
Is it true 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 breeze
High, High
What a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please

And I dream I'm an eagle
And 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 breeze
High, High
What a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please


5.Summer Night City

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

Summer night city
Summer night city

Waiting for the sunrise
Soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight
Love-making in a park
Summer night city

In the sun I feel like sleeping
I can't take it for too long
My impatience slowly creeping
Up my spine and growing strong
I know what's waiting there for me
Tonight I'm loose and fancy-free

When the night comes with the action
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
Lots to take and lots to give
Time to breath and time to live

Waiting for the sunrise
Soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight
Love-making in a park
Summer night city

It's elusive
Call it glitter
Somehow something turns me on
Some folks only see the litter
We don't miss them when they're gone
I love the feeling in the air
My kind of people everywhere

When the night comes with the action
I just know it's time to go
Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
And tomorrow
When it's dawning
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing's worth remembering
It's a dream
It's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach

Waiting for the sunrise
Soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight
Love-making in a park
Summer night city


6.Happy New Year

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

No more champagne
And the fireworks are through
Here we are
Me and you
Feeling lost
And feeling blue
It's the end
Of the party
And the morning seems so grey
So unlike
Yesterday
Now's the time for us to say

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don't, we might as well lay down and die
You and I

Sometimes I see
How the brave new world arrives
And I see
How it thrives
In the ashes of our lives
Oh yes, man is a fool
And he thinks he'll be ok
Dragging on (ooh)
Feet of clay (ooh)
Never knowing he's astray
Keeps on going
Anyway

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don't, we might as well lay down and die
You and I

Seems to me now
That the dreams we had before
Are all dead
Nothing more
Than confetti on the floor
It's the end (end)
Of a decade
In another ten years time
Who can say (ooh)
What we'll find (ooh)
What lies waiting
Down the line
In the end of
Eighty-nine?

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don't, we might as well lay down and die
You and I


then
year
die


7.Angel Eyes

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

A a-ah
A a-ah a-ah ah
A a-ah
A a-ah a-ah ah
A a-ah
I keep thinking 'bout his angel eyes
I keep thinking, aah

Last night
I was takin' a walk along the river
And I saw him together with a young girl
And the look that he gave her made me shiver
'Cause he always used to look at me that way
And I thought
Maybe I should walk right up to her and say (aha-ha)
It's a game he likes to play

Look into his angel eyes
One look and you're hypnotized
He'll take your heart and you must pay the price
Look into his angel eyes
You'll think you're in paradise
And one day you'll find out he wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angel eyes
Oh, no no no no

A a-ah
A a-ah a-ah ah
A a-ah
A a-ah a-ah ah
A a-ah
I keep thinking 'bout his angel eyes
I keep thinking, aah

Sometimes
When I'm lonely I sit and think about him
And it hurts to remember all the good times
When I thought I could never live without him
And I wonder does it have to be the same
Every time
When I see him will it bring back all the pain? (aha-ha)
How can I forget that name

Look into his angel eyes
One look and you're hypnotized
He'll take your heart and you must pay the price
Look into his angel eyes
You'll think you're in paradise
And one day you'll find out he wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angel eyes
Crazy 'bout his angel eyes
Angel eyes
He took my heart and now I pay the price
You'll think you're in paradise
And one day you'll find out he wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angel eyes
Oh, no no no no

A a-ah
A a-ah a-ah ah
A a-ah
A a-ah a-ah ah
A a-ah
I keep thinking
A a-ah a-ah ah
I keep thinking 'bout his angel eyes
A a-ah
I keep thinking
A a-ah a-ah ah
I keep thinking I've had to pay the price
A a-ah
I keep thinking
A a-ah a-ah ah
I keep thinking 'bout his angel eyes
A a-ah
I keep thinking
A a-ah a-ah ah
I keep thinking I've had to pay the price


8.Money, Money, Money

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

I work all night, I work all day
To pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad?
And still there never seems to be
A single penny left for me
That's too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all
I'd fool around and have a ball

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich man's world

A man like that is hard to find
But I can't get him off my mind
Ain't it sad?
And if he happens to be free
I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
So I must leave, I'll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game
My life will never be the same

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich man's world


9.Andante, Andante

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

Take it easy
With me, please
Touch me gently
Like a summer evening breeze
Take your time
Make it slow
Andante, Andante
Just let the feeling grow

Make your fingers
Soft and light
Let your body be the velvet of the night
Touch my soul
You know how
Andante, Andante
Go slowly with me now

I'm your music (I am your music and I am your song)
I'm your song (I'm 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,
Andante)
Andante, Andante
Tread lightly on my ground
Andante, Andante
Oh, please don't let me down

There's a shimmer
In your eyes
Like the feeling of a thousand butterflies
Please don't talk
Go on play
Andante, Andante
And let me float away

I'm your music (I am your music and I am your song)
I'm your song (I'm 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,
Andante)
Andante, Andante
Tread lightly on my ground
Andante, Andante
Oh, please don't let me down

Make me sing
Make me sound (you make me sing and you make me Andante,
Andante)
Andante, Andante
Tread lightly on my ground
Andante, Andante
Oh, please don't let me down

Andante, Andante
Oh, please don't let me down


10.Voulez-Vous

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

People everywhere
A sense of expectation
Hangin' in the air
Givin' out a spark
Across the room your eyes
Are glowin' in the dark
And here we go again
We know the start
We know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it long before
And now we're back
To get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha)
Take it now or leave it (aha)
Now is all we get (aha)
Nothing promised
No regrets
Voulez-vous (aha)
Ain't no big decision (aha)
You know what to do (aha)
Pas question
C'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous

I know what you think
The girl means business
So I'll offer her a drink
Lookin' mighty proud
See you leave your table
Pushin' through the crowd
I'm really glad you came
You know the rules
You know the game
Master of the scene
We've done it long before
And now we're back to get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha)
Take it now or leave it (aha)
Now is all we get (aha)
Nothing promised
No regrets
Voulez-vous (aha)
Ain't no big decision (aha)
You know what to do (aha)
La question
C'est voulez-vous

And here we go again
We know the start
We know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it long before
And now we're back
To get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha)
Take it now or leave it (aha)
Now is all we get (aha)
Nothing promised
No regrets
Voulez-vous (aha)
Ain't no big decision (aha)
You know what to do (aha)
La question
C'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous

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

Voulez-vous (aha)
Take it now or leave it (aha)
Now is all we get (aha)
Nothing promised
No regrets
Voulez-vous (aha)
Ain't no big decision (aha)
You know what to do (aha)
Pas question
C'est voulez-vous


11.Kisses Of Fire

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

Lay your head on my chest
So you hear every beat of my heart
Now there's nothing at all
That can keep us apart
Touch my lips
Close your eyes
And see with your fingertips
Things that you do
And you know I'm crazy 'bout you

Kisses of fire
Burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire
Sweet devotions
Caught in a landslide of emotions (I've had)
I've had my share of love affairs
And they were nothing compared to this
I'm riding higher than the sky
And there is fire in every kiss
Kisses of fire
Kisses of fire

When you sleep by my side
I feel safe
And I know I belong
Still it's making me scared
That my love is so strong
Losing you
It's a nightmare, babe,
And to me it's new
Never before
Did you see me begging for more

Kisses of fire
Burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire
Sweet devotions
Caught in a landslide of emotions (I've had)
I've had my share of love affairs
And they were nothing compared to this
I'm riding higher than the sky
And there is fire in every kiss
Kisses of fire
Kisses of fire

Kisses of fire
Burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire
Sweet devotions
Caught in a landslide of emotions
Kisses of fire
Burning, burning (I'm at the point of no returning)
Kisses of fire
Sweet emotions (I'm riding higher than the sky and there is fire
in every kiss)
(Caught in a landslide of emotions)


12.The Day Before You Came

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

I must have left my house at eight
Because I always do
My train I'm certain left the station
Just when it was due
I must have read the morning paper
Going into town
And having gotten through the editorial
No doubt I must have frowned
I must have made my desk around
A quarter after nine
With letters to be read
And heaps of papers waiting to be signed
I must have gone to lunch
At half past twelve or so
The usual place, the usual bunch
And still on top of this
I'm pretty sure it must have rained
The day before you came

I must have lit my seventh cigarette
At half past two
And at the time I never even
Noticed I was blue
I must have kept on dragging through
The business of the day
Without really knowing anything
I hid a part of me away
At five I must have left
There's no exception to the rule
A matter of routine
I've done it ever since I finished school
The train back home again
Undoubtedly I must have read
The evening paper then
Oh yes, I'm sure my life
Was well within its usual frame
The day before you came

I must have opened my front door
At eight o'clock or so
And stopped along the way to buy some
Chinese food to go
I'm sure I had my dinner watching
Something on TV
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas
That I didn't see
I must have gone to bed
Around a quarter after ten
I need a lot of sleep
And so I like to be in bed by then
I must have read a while
The latest one by Marilyn French
Or something in that style
It's funny but I had
No sense of living without aim
The day before you came

And turning out the light
I must have yawned and cuddled up
For yet another night
And rattling on the roof
I must have heard the sound of rain
The day before you came


13.When I Kissed The Teacher

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

Everybody screamed
When I kissed the teacher
And they must have thought they dreamed
When I kissed the teacher
All my friends at school
They had never seen the teacher blush
He looked like a fool
Nearly petrified 'cause he was taken

By surprise (hug hug him, wanna kiss him, wanna kiss him)
When I kissed the teacher (oh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
Couldn't quite believe his eyes (oh, hug hug him, wanna kiss
him, wanna kiss him)
When I kissed the teacher (oh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath
The world stood still
But then he just smiled (smiled, I wanna kiss him)
I was in the seventh heaven
When I kissed the teacher

One of these days
Gonna tell him I dream of him every night
One of these days
Gonna show him I care
Gonna teach him a lesson alright

I was in a trance (oh, my I wanna kiss him, wanna kiss him)
When I kissed the teacher (oh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
Suddenly I took the chance (oh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
When I kissed the teacher (oh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
Leaning over me
He was trying to explain the laws of geometry (hug him, wanna
kiss him)
And I couldn't help it
I just had to kiss the teacher

One of these days
Gonna tell him I dream of him every night
One of these days
Gonna show him I care
Gonna teach him a lesson alright

What a crazy day (hug hug him, wanna kiss him, wanna kiss him)
When I kissed the teacher (ooh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
All my sense had flown away (ooh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
When I kissed the teacher (ooh, hug hug him, wanna kiss him,
wanna kiss him)
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath
The world stood still
But then he just smiled (smiled, I wanna kiss him)
I 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)


14.Fernando

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

Can you hear the drums, Fernando?
I remember long ago
Another starry night like this
In the firelight, Fernando
You were humming to yourself
And softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now, Fernando
Every hour, every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid, Fernando
We were young and full of life
And none of us prepared to die
And I'm not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though we never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando

Now we're old and grey, Fernando
Since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums, Fernando?
Do you still recall the fateful night
We crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in you eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though we never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though we never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
Yes, if I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando

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