[ti:The Day Before You Came] [ar:ABBA] [al:] [00:01.00]The Day Before You Came [00:04.00]-- ABBA -- [00:07.00] [00:08.50]I must have left my house at eight because I always do [00:16.00]My train I'm certain left the station just when it was due [00:24.00]I must have read the morning paper going into town [00:32.00]And having gotten through the editoria no doubt I must have frowned [00:41.00]I must have made my desk [00:44.00]Around a quarter after nine [00:49.50]With letters to be read [00:52.00]And heaps of papers waiting to be signed [00:58.50]I must have gone to lunch [01:01.00]At half past twelve or so the usual place, the usual bunch [01:07.50]And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained [01:14.00]The day before you came [01:18.50] [01:20.00]I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two [01:28.00]And at the time I never even noticed I was blue [01:35.50]I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day [01:43.00]Without really knowing anything I hid a part of me away [01:52.00]At five I must have left [01:55.00]There's no exception to the rule [02:01.00]A matter of routine [02:03.00]I've done it ever since I finished school [02:09.50]The train back home again [02:12.00]Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then [02:19.00]Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame [02:25.50]The day before you came [02:30.00]----music---- [02:59.00] [03:02.00]I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so [03:10.00]And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go [03:18.00]I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV [03:25.50]There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see [03:34.50]I must have gone to bed [03:37.50]Around a quarter after ten [03:43.50]I need a lot of sleep [03:46.00]And so I like to be in bed by then [03:52.00]I must have read a while [03:55.00]The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style [04:01.50]It's funny but I had no sense of living without aim [04:08.00]The day before you came [04:12.50] [04:14.00]And turning out the light [04:15.50]I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night [04:21.50]And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain [04:29.50]The day before you came [04:34.00]----music---- [05:25.00] [05:30.00]by:genieye