The Day Before You Came Lyrics

The song The Day Before You Came is performed by ABBA in the album named Thank You for the Music in the year 1995 .



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

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 curled up for yet another night
And rattling on the roof, I must have heard the sound of rain
The day before you came



ABBA - Thank You for the Music

Apr 1995

  1. People Need Love
  2. Another Town, Another Train
  3. He Is Your Brother
  4. Love Isn't Easy
  5. Ring Ring
  6. Hasta Manana
  7. Honey Honey
  8. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
  9. So Long
  10. I've Been Waiting For You
  11. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  12. That's Me
  13. When I Kissed The Teacher
  14. Crazy World
  15. My Love, My Life
  16. Happy Hawaii
  17. I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version)
  18. Eagle
  19. Summer Night City
  20. Lovelight
  21. Voulez-Vous
  22. Angel Eyes
  23. Elaine
  24. On And On And On
  25. Our Last Summer
  26. The Way Old Friends Do
  27. The Visitors
  28. Should I Laugh Or Cry
  29. Head Over Heels
  30. When All Is Said And Done
  31. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
  32. The Day Before You Came
  33. Cassandra
  34. Under Attack
  35. Put On Your White Sombrero
  36. Dream World
  37. Hej Gamle Man
  38. Merry-Go-Round
  39. Santa Rosa
  40. She's My Kind Of Girl
  41. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton, On Top Of Old Smokey, Midnight Special
  42. You Owe Me One
  43. Slipping Through My Fingers/Me And I
  44. Abba Undeleted
  45. Waterloo (English Version)
  46. S.O.S.
  47. Mamma Mia
  48. Fernando
  49. Dancing Queen
  50. Money, Money, Money
  51. Knowing Me, Knowing You
  52. Happy Hawaii
  53. The Name Of The Game
  54. Take A Chance On Me
  55. Thank You For The Music
  56. Chiquitita
  57. Does Your Mother Know
  58. Voulez-Vous
  59. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
  60. I Have A Dream
  61. The Winner Takes It All
  62. Super Trouper
  63. Lay All Your Love On Me
  64. One Of Us
  65. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day Mix)
  66. You Owe Me One
  67. Waterloo (French/Swedish Version)
  68. Ring Ring (Swedish/Spanish/German Version)
  69. Honey Honey

The Day Before You Came