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The Day Before You Came

(B. Andersson, B. Ulvæus)

I 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 its usual frame

The day before you came

I 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

©1982 Union Songs AB