The Day Before You Came
Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus
Recording began August 1982 at Polar Music Studios.
I must have left my house at eight, to 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
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