The Day Before You Came — текст песни (Agnetha Faltskog)

(Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus)

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 it`s 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 cuddled up for yet another night
And rattling on the roof
I must have heard the sound of rain
The day before you came.