ABBA - The Day Before You Came (Video)

(bright, happy music) ♪ I must have left my house at eight, because I always do ♪ ♪ My train, I'm sure, left the station ♪ ♪ Just when it should have ♪ ♪ I must have read the morning newspaper as I entered city ​​♪ ♪ And having finished with the editorial ♪ ♪ Surely, I must have frowned ♪ ♪ I must have made my desk around a quarter past nine ♪ ♪ With letters to read ♪ ♪ And stacks of papers waiting to be signed ♪ ♪ I should having gone to lunch at twelve thirty or so ♪ ♪ The usual place, the usual group ♪ ♪ And even on top of this ♪ ♪ I'm pretty sure it must have rained♪ ♪ The day before you

came

♪ ♪ I I should have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two ♪ ♪ And at that moment I didn't even realize I was blue ♪ ♪ I should have kept dragging ♪ ♪ Through the affairs of the day ♪ ♪ Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away ♪ ♪ At five I should have left ♪ ♪ There is no exception to the rule ♪ ♪ A matter of routine ♪ ♪ I've done it since I finished school ♪ ♪ The train home again ♪ ♪ Without a doubt , I must I read the evening paper then ♪ ♪ Oh yes, I'm sure my life was within its usual framework ♪ ♪ The day before you

came

♪ (dramatic music) ♪ I should have opened the door to my house around eight o'clock. ♪ ♪ And I stopped along the way to get some Chinese takeout ♪ ♪ I'm sure I had dinner watching something on TV ♪ ♪ There isn't, I think, a single episode ♪ ♪ of "Dallas" that I haven't seen look ♪ ♪ I must have gone to bed around ten fifteen ♪ ♪ I need a lot of sleep and that's why I like to be in bed by then ♪ ♪ I must have read a while ♪ ♪ The latest by Marilyn French ♪ ♪ Or something like that ♪ ♪ It's funny, but I didn't have the feeling of living aimlessly ♪ ♪ The day before you came ♪ ♪ And turning off the light ♪ ♪ I should have yawned and curled up for another night ♪ ♪ And rattling on the ceiling ♪ ♪ I should have heard the sound of the rain ♪ ♪ The day before you came ♪ (dramatic music) (dramatic music continues)