Released: October 11, 1976
Songwriter: Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Stig Anderson
Producer: Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
[Verse 1]
Are you sure you wanna hear more?
What if I ain't worth the while
Not the style you'd be looking for?
If I'm sweet tonight
Things look different in the morning light
I'm jealous and I'm proud
If you hurt my feelings I'll cry out loud
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
[Verse 2]
Are you sure you wanna hear more?
Would I be the one you seek
Mild and meek like the girl next door?
Don't you realise
I may be an angel in disguise
It's lonely to be free
But I'm not a man's toy, I'll never be
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
[Bridge]
I don't believe in fairy tales
Sweet nothings in my ear
But I do believe in sympathy
That's me, you see
[Verse 3]
Are you sure you wanna hear more?
Won't you have a drink with me
Just to see you're not really sore?
I can't help my ways
I'm just not the girl to hide my face
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me, mhm
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
[Interlude]
[Outro]
There's a special love
Like an eagle flying with a dove
I'll find it in the end
If I keep on searching, but until then
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
Are you sure you wanna hear more?
What if I ain't worth the while
Not the style you'd be looking for?
If I'm sweet tonight
Things look different in the morning light
I'm jealous and I'm proud
If you hurt my feelings I'll cry out loud
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
[Verse 2]
Are you sure you wanna hear more?
Would I be the one you seek
Mild and meek like the girl next door?
Don't you realise
I may be an angel in disguise
It's lonely to be free
But I'm not a man's toy, I'll never be
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
[Bridge]
I don't believe in fairy tales
Sweet nothings in my ear
But I do believe in sympathy
That's me, you see
[Verse 3]
Are you sure you wanna hear more?
Won't you have a drink with me
Just to see you're not really sore?
I can't help my ways
I'm just not the girl to hide my face
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me, mhm
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
[Interlude]
[Outro]
There's a special love
Like an eagle flying with a dove
I'll find it in the end
If I keep on searching, but until then
I'm Carrie, not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me
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
- Arrival (1976)
- Thank You for the Music (1994)
- Arrival (The Complete Studio Recordings Edition) (2005)
- Arrival (Deluxe Edition) (2006)
- Gold: Greatest Hits (40th Anniversary Edition B-sides) (2014)
- 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