Released: November 1, 1972
Songwriter: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
Producer: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
[Verse 1: Björn & Benny]
I was a fighter always looking for trouble
And my life was so empty, there was nothing left to live for
But then it happened one night as I got into a fight
I could hear someone saying as though he was praying
Ah...
[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
"Treat him well, he is your brother
You might need his help some day
We depend on one another
Love him, that's the only way
On the road that we're going
(On the road)
We all need words of comfort and compassion
(We all need)
Treat him well, he is your brother
Love him, that's the only way"
[Verse 2: Agnetha & Frida]
I was a woman never thinking of others
And my life was so lonely, didn't care for anybody
But then I happened to meet a begging man in the street
As I turned down his praying I heard someone saying
Ah...
[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
"Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
You might need his help one day (He's your brother)
We depend on one another (Brother)
Love him, that's the only way
On the road that we're going
(On the road that we're going)
We all need words of comfort and compassion
(We all need words of comfort and compassion)
Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
Love him, that's the only way"
[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
You might need his help one day (He's your brother)
We depend on one another (Brother)
Love him, that's the only way
Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
You might need his help one day (He's your brother)
We depend on one another... (Brother)
I was a fighter always looking for trouble
And my life was so empty, there was nothing left to live for
But then it happened one night as I got into a fight
I could hear someone saying as though he was praying
Ah...
[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
"Treat him well, he is your brother
You might need his help some day
We depend on one another
Love him, that's the only way
On the road that we're going
(On the road)
We all need words of comfort and compassion
(We all need)
Treat him well, he is your brother
Love him, that's the only way"
[Verse 2: Agnetha & Frida]
I was a woman never thinking of others
And my life was so lonely, didn't care for anybody
But then I happened to meet a begging man in the street
As I turned down his praying I heard someone saying
Ah...
[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
"Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
You might need his help one day (He's your brother)
We depend on one another (Brother)
Love him, that's the only way
On the road that we're going
(On the road that we're going)
We all need words of comfort and compassion
(We all need words of comfort and compassion)
Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
Love him, that's the only way"
[Chorus: Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida]
Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
You might need his help one day (He's your brother)
We depend on one another (Brother)
Love him, that's the only way
Treat him well, he is your brother (Brother)
You might need his help one day (He's your brother)
We depend on one another... (Brother)
more tracks from the album
Thank You for the Music
- Ring Ring [Swedish/Spanish/German Version Medley]
- Under Attack
- The Winner Takes It All
- The Visitors
- 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
- Santa Rosa
- 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
From the albums
- Ring Ring (Scandinavian Edition) (1973)
- Ring Ring (International Edition) (1973)
- Greatest Hits (1975)
- Thank You for the Music (1994)
- The Definitive Collection (2001)
- Ring Ring (The Complete Studio Recordings Edition) (2005)
- Ring Ring (Deluxe Edition) (2013)
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