Released: November 1, 1976
Songwriter: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
Producer: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
[Verse 1]
I was up with the morning sun
Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd take a walk
I was thinking of you and me
And I went to your house 'cause I had to talk
I could hardly believe my eyes
When I saw this guy closing your front door
Had a feeling of emptiness
Like I've never had before
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl?
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
[Verse 2]
As he disappeared in his car
I was stunned and I didn't know what to do
Everything I had ever been
Everything in my life's a part of you
And I just couldn't move my feet
So I stood on the pavement as you came out
You acted as you didn't know
What it was all about
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl?
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
[Bridge]
Baby, how could you do it?
You just told me lies
And you meet behind my back with other guys
Baby, how could you tell me
There was only me?
I was stupid to believe you, I was blind but now I see
[Verse 3]
Then you smiled and you took my hand
"There is something," you said, "that you may not know
There's a couple of men in my life
And one of them is my brother Joe
He's been gone for a long, long time
But he's back and I think he's going to stay
You'll be seeing a lot of him
He's so nice in every way"
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
So I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
[Outro]
So I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realised...
I was up with the morning sun
Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd take a walk
I was thinking of you and me
And I went to your house 'cause I had to talk
I could hardly believe my eyes
When I saw this guy closing your front door
Had a feeling of emptiness
Like I've never had before
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl?
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
[Verse 2]
As he disappeared in his car
I was stunned and I didn't know what to do
Everything I had ever been
Everything in my life's a part of you
And I just couldn't move my feet
So I stood on the pavement as you came out
You acted as you didn't know
What it was all about
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl?
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
[Bridge]
Baby, how could you do it?
You just told me lies
And you meet behind my back with other guys
Baby, how could you tell me
There was only me?
I was stupid to believe you, I was blind but now I see
[Verse 3]
Then you smiled and you took my hand
"There is something," you said, "that you may not know
There's a couple of men in my life
And one of them is my brother Joe
He's been gone for a long, long time
But he's back and I think he's going to stay
You'll be seeing a lot of him
He's so nice in every way"
[Chorus]
And I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
So I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realised
It's a crazy world
[Outro]
So I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realised...
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- That’s Me
- Thank You for the Music
- Take a Chance on Me
- Super Trouper
- So Long
- Should I Laugh or Cry
- She’s My Kind of Girl
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- S.O.S.
- Ring Ring
- Put on Your White Sombrero
- Voulez-Vous
- When All Is Said and Done
- Waterloo [French/Swedish Version Medley]
- ABBA Undeleted [Demo Medley]
- Slipping Through My Fingers / Me and I (Live) [Dick Cavett Meets ABBA]
- The Name of the Game [U.S. Remix]
- The Day Before You Came
- Summer Night City
- The Way Old Friends Do (Live)
- Pick a Bale of Cotton / On Top of Old Smoky / Midnight Special [Medley]
- I Wonder (Departure) [Live]
- Thank You for the Music (Doris Day Version)
- Honey, Honey [Swedish Version]
- Dream World
- You Owe Me One
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- People Need Love
- Our Last Summer
- One of Us
- Happy Hawaii
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Elaine
- Eagle
- Does Your Mother Know
- Dancing Queen
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- Crazy World
- Chiquitita
- Cassandra
- Another Town, Another Train
- Angeleyes
- Fernando
- Waterloo
- Hasta Mañana
- He Is Your Brother
- On and On and On
- My Love, My Life
- Merry-Go-Round
- Mamma Mia
- Lovelight
- Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
- Like an Angel Passing Through My Room
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- I’ve Been Waiting for You
- I Have a Dream
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Honey, Honey
- Head Over Heels
- Money, Money, Money
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- 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