You've come to shake my hand

I'm Still Alive

I See Red

 Back in my schooldays acting the fool days
One and one and one makes three.
And a man said: Kid, come and cut yourself a piece of the big time.

Armour clad horses riding Trojan horses
Never made sense to me.
I didn't wanna be a part of the great debate on moonshine.

CHORUS:
Stop pay the price, they said to me,
Take this advice. You're out of your head.
Said: Stop, hold the phone, this has to be
Cut to the bone. Too bad I SEE RED
I SEE RED, I SEE RED, I SEE RED.


When the sly man stumbles, twists and he tumbles
He always lands on his feet
And he sets his face towards the far horizon.
Won't you come this way, can't you go that way
But his rhythm don't miss a beat
'Cause he's doing everything he can to keep surviving.
Stop pay the price...

So who wants a riot? People should be quiet.
Don't we give them good T.V.?
You can learn to love your lifetime of distraction.
Nothing on the inside, nothing on the outside
All the way from A to Z.
I can live without that kind of satisfaction.
Stop pay the price...

ABBA : SOS (Momarkedet Norway 1975) HQ

You seem so far away though you are standing near
You made me feel alive, but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out
I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good

Lyrics D'jour - The Winner Takes It All

Video D'Jour - Ted Gärdestad (& ABBA) - Snurra du min värld (1972)

When did the sun turn yellow?
when did the wagon get wheels?
I only wonder
Do you know when did the sky turned blue
when did the clouds turn gray
I only wonder

My world, my world, you are so big
By thoughts are your destination set
So much greater than we understand
So spin, you my world

When does winter become spring
When does the foot get toes
I only wonder
Do you know when the wind settles
When can I start to believe
I wonder
(Yes I only wonder)

My world, my world, you are so big
By thoughts are your destination set
So much greater than we understand
So spin, you my world

My world, my world, you are so big
By thoughts are your destination set
So much greater than we understand
So spin you my world

When do I become a man
When do we love each other
I only wonder (yes I only wonder)
Do you know when the sky turned blue
When will I understand
I wonder
(Yes I only wonder)

My world, my world, you are so big
By thoughts are your destination set
So much greater than we understand
So spin you my world

My world, my world, you are so big
By thoughts are your destination set
So much greater than we understand
So spin you my world

Lyrics D'jour - The Way You Are

You take me high, out of the blue,
You're by my side whenever I need you
The way you smile, the way you move,
Why should I try, I can't get over you.

All through the night you take me on
When we unite, I know where I belong
When winter reigns, I'll be your friend
What we create, may last until the end.

And through the time that's passing by
I hope you'll always be, you'll be forever
The way you are, the way you are.













Where mountains rise, I'll stand by you
My heart assigned, like only lovers do
If we're apart, I'll cross the sea
Don't close your heart, this love was always free.

And through the time that's passing by
I hope you'll always be, you'll be forever
The way you are, the way you are.

And if you leave, don't go too far
In your beliefs, just be the way you are
The way you are, the way you are.

Just be the way you are
The way you are, the way you are.

One Of Us

"One Of Us"

They passed me by, all of those great romances
You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances
My picture clear, everything seemed so easy
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know

One of us is crying
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all

I saw myself as a concealed attraction
I felt you kept me away from the heat and the action
Just like a child, stubborn and misconceiving
That's how I started the show
One of us had to go
Now I've changed and I want you to know
One of us is crying
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
Never left at all

Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call (fade)

"Tête D'allumette

"Tête D'allumette (Abbacadabra)" de Daniel Beaufixe/Les Enfants D'asnières

[Un p'tit pois dans sa tête d'allumette]
[Un poil dans la main]
[Tout l'monde aime bien]
[Alladin le balladin]

Comme Pinocchio, j'écoute que mon pif
Et c'est pour ça qu'à ? ? ?
Je passais pour un gros naïf
Chaque jour dans la galerie marchande

Mais j'sais faire des poésies
[C'est vite dit]
Et voler sur un tapis
[Et l'génie ?]
Et je sais faire la tour Eiffel
Avec des morceaux de ficelles

Refrain :
[Un petit pois dans la tête]
[Une tête d'allumette]
[Un poil dans le main]
[Tout l'monde aime bien]
[Alladin le balladin]
C'est vrai j'ai pas inventé l'soleil
J'ai mon génie dans une bouteille
C'est toujours lui qui pense à la place
Et moi j'profite du temps qui passe

Mais je suis l'meilleur aux billes
[C'est vite dit]
Et j'tiens ça de famille
[Et l'génie ?]
M'en faut pas plus, camarade
Pour être Calife à Bagdad

Departure

By now, my dear listeners
You may think this girl is fully content in her own little world
But no, she’s ambitious
She wants to appear on TV, on records,
To launch a career


And yes, she’s successful
Her dreams have come true
She’s getting an offer
Accepting it too


She’s leaving her parents, her friends, her hometown
But now on departing
Uncertainty is starting
She’s feeling a little bit down

Your So Free

NARRATOR:


Famous, successful
Now she’s a star


BACKING VOCALISTS:


She is a star
Shining, shining


NARRATOR:


Fulfilling her contracts whatever they are
The contract’s her manager signed


It happens more often
She wakes up at night


BACKING VOCALISTS:


Wakes up at night
Screaming, screaming


NARRATOR:


Riddled by nightmares she turns on the light
Frightened by what she was dreaming


Disillusioned and lonely
She feels like a clown


BACKING VOCALISTS:


Feels like a clown
Grinning, grinning


NARRATOR:


From concert to concert
From town to town
As though her whole world was spinning
She got what she wanted, and yet
She feels like a marionette!


I’M A MARIONETTE


AGNETHA & FRIDA:


You’re so free
That’s what everybody’s telling me
Yet I feel I’m like an outward bound
Pushed around refugee


Something’s wrong
Got a feeling that I don’t belong
As if I had come from outer space
Out of place like King Kong!


I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
Pull the string
I’m a marionette
Ev'rybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I’m a marionette
See my pirouette
’Round and ’round
I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
Just a silly old clown
I’m a marionette!


And I’m like a doll
Like a puppet with no will at all
And somebody taught me how to walk
How to talk, how to fall!


(instrumental break)


Can’t complain
I got no one but myself to blame
Something’s happening I can't control
Lost my hold, it’s insane!


Look this way
Just a little smile that ‘s what they say
You’ll look better on the photograph
If you laugh that’s okay!


I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
Pull the string
I’m a marionette
Ev'rybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I’m a marionette
See my pirouette
’Round and ’round
I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
Just a silly old clown
I’m a marionette!


I think something’s wrong
Got a feeling that I don’t belong
As if I had come from outer space
Out of place like King Kong!


I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
Pull the string
I’m a marionette
Ev'rybody's pet
Just as long as I sing
I’m a marionette
See my pirouette
’Round and ’round
I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
Just a silly old clown
I’m a marionette!

The New Doris Day?

And now, if you please, we’re about to begin
The scene is all set for our star to come in 
Magic is hanging like smoke in the air 
And all of a sudden you see her, she’s there! 
The girl with the golden hair


THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC


AGNETHA:


I’m nothing special
In fact, I’m a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke
You’ve probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
’Cause everyone listens when I start to sing
I’m so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud


So I say
Thank you for the music
The songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
I can’t live without it
I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me


Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
She says I began to sing long before I could talk
And now I’m so grateful to all of the guys
Who bring the sweet memories into our lives
I’m in love with them all
I mean Brian, Chuck, John and Paul


So I say
Thank you for the music
The songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
I can’t live without it
I ask in all honesty
What would life be
Without a song or a dance what are we
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me


I’ve been so lucky
I am the girl with golden hair
I wanna sing it out to everybody
What a joy
What a life
What a chance!


Thank you for the music
The songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
I can’t live without it
I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
It makes me happy


Thank you for the music
The songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
I can’t live without it
I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me


So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

The first Abba CDs ever produced were never designed for public consumption. Indeed, they predate the release of the first CDs to the general public. The story of Abba on CD began in the technical laboratories of PolyGram in West Germany.

In the run-up to the official launch of the CD format in late 1982, PolyGram produced a number of different prototype discs of differing musical genres to test their manufacturing processes and eventually promote the new format among the press.

The chosen pop CD prototype was The Visitors, seemingly chosen because it had been mostly digitally recorded and it was the then latest record by PolyGram’s best-selling European artist, Abba.

In all, there were three different prototypes of The Visitors produced, each with different characteristics. Only one of these versions is known to be playable – the other two only appear to have been preserved encased in plastic in commemorative pieces presented to PolyGram staff to celebrate the launch of the new format.

The third version was definitely playable and was sent out to the press with pre-production CD players for review purposes. Among these reviewers were Bjorn, Benny and Abba’s manager Stig Anderson, who were presented with copies (and a CD player) by PolyGram in August 1982.

While the third version was essentially the finished product, it wasn’t the one that made it into the shops in October 1982

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

"From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel" traces the evolution of " Like An Angel Passing Through My Room", the closing track of The Visitors the last ABBA studio album. Back in 1981, this particular song was one of the more challenging tunes during original recording sessions for the album. With the first demos and backing tracks being laid down in May 1981, it was until several different versions later, in November 1981, only three weeks before the album reached record stores.

As the Deluxe Edition of The Visitors was put together, ABBA’s Benny Andersson had the idea that it would be interesting to revisit the various recordings of the song and put together as a medley. And this he did in October and November of 2011. The nine-minute medley takes us from the very first demo, with vocals by Björn, to a run-through with Benny on electric piano and Frida on lead vocals, similar to the final version.

In between are a demo recording by Frida and Benny (on grand piano) with alternate lyrics entitled ‘Another Morning Without You’; a completely different “disco” attempt, played by a full band and with the final lyrics in place; and a ballad interpretation, also with a full band backing, featuring Frida on lead vocals. “It was fun to put this thing together, just to show what the process can be like,” says Benny Andersson. “It’s an interesting observation on how you labour over things before you reach the final result.

Lyrics

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Like a diamond glitt’ring in the sky

Seems to me you shine your light

Down to me to say goodnight

Twinkle twinkle my old friend

Sleep is waiting round the bend

While you travel through the Milky Way

From afar

Twinkle twinkle twinkle little star

Another Morning Without You

Raindrops on a window pane

Stillness of a summer rain

Silently the haze drifts through the trees

Slowly dawn is breaking through

Yet a morning without you

Curtains rustling in the breeze

I’m still trapped within my dreams

Daylight makes its way into my mind

Coming through

Yet another morning without you

Like An Angel Passing Through My Room (disco version)

Finally when darkness falls

Casting shadows on the walls

In the twilight hour I am alone

Sitting near the fireplace

Dying embers warm my face

In this peaceful solitude

All the outside world subdued

Everything comes back to me again

In the gloom

Like an angel passing through my room

Mmm Mmm Mmm – echoes of a voice I knew

Full band version

Half awake and half in dreams

seeing long forgotten scenes

So the present runs into the past

Now and then become entwined

Playing games within my mind

Like the embers as they die

Love was one prolonged goodbye

And it all comes back to me tonight

In the gloom

Like an angel passing through my room

Full band version, compressed mix

I close my eyes

And my twilight images go by

All to soon

Like an angel passing through my room

Ballad version

Long awaited darkness falls

Casting shadows on the walls

In the twilight hour I am alone

Sitting near the fireplace

Dying embers warm my face

In this peaceful solitude

All the outside world subdued

Everything comes back to me again

In the gloom

Like an angel passing through my room

Half awake and half in dreams

Seeing long forgotten scenes

So the present runs into the past

Now and then become entwined

Playing games within my mind

Like the embers as they die

Love was one prolonged goodbye

And it all comes back to me tonight

In the gloom

Like an angel passing through my room

I close my eyes

And my twilight images go by

All too soon

Like an angel passing through my room

A Flower in My Garden

THERE´S A FLOWER IN MY GARDEN........WHERE WEEDS ONCE USED TO GROW.......NOW THERE´S LAUGHTER IN THE WIND.........WHERE SADNESS USED TO BLOW......I SEE SUMMER WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES....I SEE LOVE AND I HOPE IT NEVER DIES.......THERE´S A SMILE ON YOUR FACE......HOW I WISH IT´S GONNA STAY......ALWAYS,ALWAYS.......­..................

SING BOX - Lyric D'jour

I don't wanna talk
About the things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history
I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser's standing small
Beside the victory
That's a destiny

I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all
The loser has to fall
It's simple and it's plain
Why should I complain.

But tell me does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say
Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide
The likes of me abide
Spectators of the show
Always stay in love
The game is on again
A lover or a friend
A big thing or a small
The winner takes it all

I don't wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You've come to shake my hand
I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see
The winner takes it allThe winner takes it all..


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Agnetha Faltskog Vem Kan Segla Forutan Vind (Stereo)

Agnetha Faltskog "Vem Kan Segla Forutan Vind"
"Who Can Sail Without The Wind"
English Translations Below.

Who can sail without the wind,
Who can row without an oar,
Who can say goodbye to their love,
Without crying.

Who can sail without the wind,
Who can row without an oar,
But I can't say goodbye to my love,
Without crying!

Agnetha Faltskog Doktorn (1975) (Stereo)

Doctor, I have this terrible habit

Yes no one can imagine how hard it is for me,

You hypnotize people out of their vices

That's what my aunt said who used to drink a lot

Now I have to make an appointment.

Oh please Doctor, mmm Doctor,

My heart is beating, I can't even go up stairs,

Doctor, mmm Doctor,

Maybe it has gone on to long,

Oh Doctor!

I've tried to lower my consumption

But the situation has become precarious

Before, once a week was enough

But now it's at least two a day,

I am probably a hopeless case.

But kind Doctor, mmm Doctor,

I tried snacks but I got as fat as a pig,

Doctor, mmm Doctor,

Please help me somehow,

Oh, Doctor!

Suddenly I get the craving again

And I just have to have It,

But as I tremble and take another

It feels good, mmm.

Hundreds have stopped smoking

After a visit to the Doctor's clinic,

My addiction is not cigarettes

And not pills I must be unique,

And give it a try anyway.

I beg you Doctor, mmm Doctor,

Take my case so I can hope again,

Doctor, mmm Doctor,

Please help me give up men,

Oh Doctor!

Please Doctor, oh Doctor!

Lyrics D'jour - Tived's Hambo

Tived's Ham

It's Saturday night
and the blissful girl from Tived
has walked out of the dark forest
And everywhere people say:
This Saturday there's a barn-dance
The charcoal-burner shuts the door of his hut
with a grateful bang
since it's Saturday night
Because when there's dancing
somewhere in the area
He wants to be there and have fun

Throughout the forest and valley
we rarely see female beauty
And inside the cool hut
hambo is like an illusion
But now we have the opportunity
to create some memories to bring back home
They're good to have when you get old
as a comfort for things we then have to go without

You hear shoe heels dance quickly
when the Tivedshambo plays
Has Frida's Verner gone crazy?
People from Tived dance
in the clutches of the hambo dance
And Verner chases the district police superintendent
Yes, if there's a quarrel
it's settled with a knife
because this is like the Wild West
The Rappe snuff is best
for everyday use as well as for festivities
Come over here and let's carry away the orchestra

Women, wine and singing
We fight at the same time
and rip apart our clothes
And if you don't have any clothes left,
you'll have to walk around with bare buttocks
and hope for continued good weather
We don't throw darts
We have a different style
Something that's more reckless
Isn't it still my right to fight
when they flirt with Hilda?

Then it may happen
that the Tived blood starts to boil
Then coat and hat will start flying
if it's a beating you need
We're used to hard work,
life in huts and the woods of Tived
We rely on our strength and knuckles
to give us courage and confidence

You hear shoe heels dance quickly
when the Tivedshambo plays
Has Frida's Verner gone crazy?
People from Tived dance
in the clutches of the hambo dance
And Verner chases the district police superintendent
Yes, if there's a quarrel
it's settled with a knife
because this is like the Wild West
The Rappe stuff is best
for everyday use as well as for festivities

Come over here and let's carry away the orchestra

STRANGERS

If you ever had the time

You would try to make it fine

If your promises were real

Then maybe love is what I'd feel

But you seem to be so sad

Like a fairytale gone bad

And I don't know what to say

But I can't keep playing games

I can't stay now, I can't stay now

Or walk away, or turn away

I can't stay now, I can't stay now

Or walk away, or turn away

So I stayed alone tonight

Hoping things might turn out right

Wonder if you feel the same

Maybe I'm as much to blame

I can't stay now...

As the candle burns away

I want you another day

Reading letters that you've sent

Well is it consciences you meant

If I stay with you tonight

Though I know It won't be right

If I turn the other way

There'll be nothing else to say

I can't stay now...

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