Released: December 7, 1981
Songwriter: Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producer: Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
And so I dealt you the blow, one of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know
[Chorus]
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 shaking with a heart that’s breaking)
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
That's how I started the show, one of us had to go
Now I've changed and I want you to know
[Chorus]
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 shaking with a heart that’s breaking)
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
[Post-Chorus]
Never left at all
[Outro]
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
(One of us is shaking with a heart that’s breaking)
One of us is lonely, one of us is only
Waiting for a call...
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
[Pre-Chorus]
And so I dealt you the blow, one of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know
[Chorus]
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 shaking with a heart that’s breaking)
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
That's how I started the show, one of us had to go
Now I've changed and I want you to know
[Chorus]
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 shaking with a heart that’s breaking)
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
[Post-Chorus]
Never left at all
[Outro]
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
(One of us is shaking with a heart that’s breaking)
One of us is lonely, one of us is only
Waiting for a call...
more tracks from the album
Gold: Greatest Hits
- Money, Money, Money
- The Winner Takes It All
- The Name of the Game
- Thank You for the Music
- Take a Chance on Me
- Super Trouper
- S.O.S.
- One of Us
- Mamma Mia
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- I Have a Dream
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Does Your Mother Know
- Dancing Queen
- Chiquitita
- Fernando
- Waterloo
- Voulez-Vous
From the albums
- The Visitors (1981)
- Action Trax 2 (1982)
- The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982)
- Gold: Greatest Hits (1992)
- Thank You for the Music (1994)
- The Definitive Collection (2001)
ABBA popular songs
- Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen
- The Winner Takes It All
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Super Trouper
- Fernando
- One of Us
- Waterloo
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Chiquitita
- Andante, Andante
- Don’t Shut Me Down
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Money, Money, Money
- Voulez-Vous
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- Happy New Year
- Thank You for the Music
- Why Did It Have to Be Me?
- My Love, My Life
- Chiquitita (Spanish Version)
- S.O.S.
- The Name of the Game
- Does Your Mother Know