The Day Before You Came-ABBA

[ti:The Day Before You Came] [ar:ABBA] [al:The Visitors (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.42]The Day Before You Came [00:02.60]-- ABBA -- [00:09.96]I must have left my house at eight because I always do [00:17.21]My train I'm certain left the station just when it was due [00:25.14]I must have read the morning paper going into town [00:33.04]And having gotten through the editoria no doubt [00:36.84]I must have froed I must have made my desk [00:44.52]Around a quarter after nine [00:50.58]With letters to be read [00:52.77]And heaps of papers waiting to be signed [00:59.58]I must have gone to lunch [01:01.70]At half past twelve or so the usual place the usual bunch [01:08.27]And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained [01:14.91]The day before you came [01:20.56]I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two [01:28.36]And at the time I never even noticed I was blue [01:36.15]I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day [01:43.97]Without really knowing anything I hid a part of me away [01:52.66]At five I must have left [01:55.42]There's no exception to the rule [02:01.40]A matter of routine [02:03.84]I've done it ever since I finished school [02:09.68]The train back home again [02:12.73]Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then [02:19.47]Oh yes I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame [02:26.12]The day before you came [02:30.75]----music---- [03:03.10]I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so [03:10.43]And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go [03:18.30]I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV [03:25.96]There's not I think a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see [03:34.87]I must have gone to bed [03:37.62]Around a quarter after ten [03:43.79]I need a lot of sleep [03:45.97]And so I like to be in bed by then [03:51.85]I must have read a while [03:54.84]The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style [04:01.68]It's funny but I had no sense of living without aim [04:08.29]The day before you came [04:13.78]And turning out the light [04:15.92]I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night [04:22.67]And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain [04:29.49]The day before you came