The winner takes it all (1981)

I don't wanna talk 
About the things we've gone through 
Though it's hurting me 
Now it's history 
I've played all my cards 
And that's what you've done too 
Nothing more to say 
No more ace to play 

The winner takes it all 
The loser has to fall 
Beside the destiny 
That's a destiny 

I was in your arms 
Thinking I'd belong there 
I figured it made sense 
Building me a fence 
Building me a home 
Thinking I'd be strong there 
But I was a fool 
Playing by the rules 

The gods may throw a dice 
Their minds as cold as ice 
And someone way down here 
Loses someone dear 
The winner takes it all 
The loser has to fall 
It's simple and it's plain. 
Why should I complain. 

But tell me does he kiss 
Like I used to kiss you? 
Does it feel the same 
When he calls your name? 
Somewhere deep inside 
You must know I miss you 
But what can I say 
Rules must be obeyed 

The judges will decide 
The likes of me abide 
Spectators of the show 
Always staying low 
The game is on again 
A lover or a friend 
A big thing or a small 
The winner takes it all 

I don't wanna talk 
If it makes you feel sad 
And I understand 
You've come to shake my hand 
I apologize 
If it makes you feel bad 
Seeing me so tense 
No self-confidence 
But you see 
The winner takes it all 
The winner takes it all 

Another town, another train (1973)

Day is dawning and i must go
you're asleep, but still i'm sure you'll know
why it had to end this way
you and i had a groovy time
but i told you, somewhere down the line
you would have to find me gone
i just have to move along
 

just another town, another train
waiting in the morning rain
lord, just give my restless soul a little patience
just another town, another train
nothing lost and nothing gained
guess i will spend my life in railway stations
guess i will spend my life in railway stations 

When you wake, i know you'll cry
and the words i wrote to say goodbye
they won't comfort you at all
but in time you will understand
that the dreams we dreamt were made of sand
for a no good bum like me
to live is to be free just another town, another train
waiting in the morning rain
lord, just give my restless soul a little patience

just another town, another train
nothing lost and nothing gained
guess i will spend my life in railway stations
guess i will spend my life in railway stations
 

just another town, another train
waiting in the morning rain
lord, just give my restless soul a little patience

just another town, another train
nothing lost and nothing gained
guess i will spend my life in railway stations
guess i will spend my life in railway stations

Me and I (1980)

Sometimes when i'm mad
there's a part of me that seems to be a little sad
sometimes when i scream
there's a voice in me that says, "you shouldn't be so mean"
oh no, oh no
part of me is acting while the other stands beside
yes, i am to myself what jekyll must have been to hyde
We're like sun and rainy weather
sometimes we're a hit together
me and I
gloomy moods and inspiration
we're a funny combination
me and I
i don't think i'm different or in any way unique
think about yourself for a minute
and you'll find the answer in it
everyone's a freak
Sometimes i have toyed
with ideas that i got from good old dr freud
nothing new of course
it may seem to you i try to break through open doors
oh no, oh no
i just wanna say a lot of that applies to me
'cause it's an explanation to my split identity
We're like sun and rainy weather
sometimes we're a hit together
me and I
gloomy moods and inspiration
we're a funny combination
me and I

I don't think i'm different or in any way unique
think about yourself for a minute
and you'll find the answer in it
everyone's a freak
Me and I
We're like sun and rainy weather
sometimes we're a hit together
me and I
gloomy moods and inspiration
we're a funny combination
me and I

I don't think i'm different or in any way unique
think about yourself for a minute
and you'll find the answer in it
everyone's a freak
We're like sun and rainy weather
sometimes we're a hit together
me and I
gloomy moods and inspiration
we're a funny combination
me and I

I'm a marionette (1977)

You’re so free
that’s what everybody’s telling me
yet I feel I’m like an outward bound
pushed around refugee

Something’s wrong
got a feeling that I don’t belong
as if I have come from out of space
out of place, like King-Kong

I’m a marionette
just a marionette
pull the string
I’m a marionette
everybody’s pet
just as long as I sing
I’m a marionette
see my pirouette
’round and ’round
I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
just a silly old clown

Like a doll
like a puppet with no will at all
and somebody taught me how to talk
how to walk, how to fall

Can’t complain
I’ve got no one but myself to blame
something’s happening
I can’t control
lost my hold, it’s insane

I’m a marionette
just a marionette
pull the string
I’m a marionette
everybody’s pet
just as long as I sing
I’m a marionette
see my pirouette
’round and ’round
I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
just a silly old clown

Look this way
just a little smile
that’s what they say
you’ll look better on the photograph
if you laugh, that’s okey!

I’m a marionette
just a marionette
pull the string
I’m a marionette
everybody’s pet
just as long as I sing
I’m a marionette
see my pirouette
’round and ’round
I’m a marionette
I’m a marionette
just a silly old clown

You’re so free
that’s what everybody’s telling me
yet I feel I’m like an outward bound
pushed around refugee

That's me (1976)

Are you sure you wanna hear more
What if I ain't worth the while
Not the style you'd be lookin' 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

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

I don't believe in fairy-tales
Sweet nothings in my ear
But I do believe in sympathy
That's me, you see

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

There's a special love
Like an eagle flying with a dove
I'll find it in the end
If I keep on searchin', but until then
I'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me

Waterloo (1974)

My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history-book on the shelf is always repeating itself

Waterloo-I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo-Promise to love you forever more
Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

My, my, I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah and now it seems my only chance
Is givin’ up the fight and how could I ever refuse I
feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo-I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo-Promise to love you forever more
Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse I feel like I win why I lose

Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my WaterlooWaterloo-I was defeated,
you won the war
Waterloo-Promise to love you forever more
Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

My, my, I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah and now it seems my only chance
Is givin’ up the fight and how could I ever refuse I
feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo-I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo-Promise to love you forever more
Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse I feel like I win why I lose

Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my WaterlooMy, my,
I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah and now it seems my only chance
Is givin’ up the fight and how could I ever refuse I
feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo-I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo-Promise to love you forever more
Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse I feel like I win why I lose

Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my WaterlooWaterloo-I was defeated,
you won the war
Waterloo-Promise to love you forever more
Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse I feel like I win why I lose

Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my WaterlooSo how could
I ever refuse I feel like I win why I lose

Waterloo-Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my WaterlooWaterloo-Couldn’t
escape if I wanted to
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo-Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo-Finally facing my Waterloo

Head over heels (1981)

I have a very good friend
the kind of girl who likes to follow a trend
she has a personal style
some people love it others tend to go wild
you hear her voice everywhere
taking the chair
she's a leading lady
and with no trace of hesitaition she keeps going
Head over heels
breaking her way
pushing through unknown junlges every day
she's a girl with a taste for the world
(the world is like a playing ground where she goes rushing)
head over heels
setting the pace
running the gauntlet in a whirl of lace
she's extreme if you know what i mean
Her man is one i admire
he's so courageous but he's constatly tired
each time that he speaks his mind
she pats his head and says that's all very fine
exert that will of your own
when we're alone
now we better hurry
and with no trace of hesitation she keeps going
Head over heels
breaking her way
pushing through unknown jungles every day
she's a girl with a taste for the world
(the world is like a playing ground where she goes rushing)
head over heels
setting the pace
running the gauntlet in a whirl of lace
she's extreme if you know what i mean
You hear her voice everywhere
taking the chair
she's a leading lady
and with no trace of hesitation she keeps going
Head over heels
breaking her way
pushing through unknown jungles every day
she's a girl with a taste for the world
(the world is like a playing ground where she goes rushing)
head over heels
setting the pace
running the gauntlet in a whirl of lace
she's extreme if you know what i mean
(she's just one of those who always has to do whatever she please)
and she goes
head over heels

Elaine (1980)

You hate, you scream, you swear
and still you never reach them
you curse, you try to scare
but you can never teach them
it's a dead end street
they've tied your hands and tied your feet
and the street is narrow
a nowhere lane, a nowhere train for elaine, elaine, elaine
elaine, elaine, elaine, you know they're gonna get you

you try to break away, but they will never let you
it's a dead end street
they've tied your hands and tied your feet
and the street is narrow
the nowhere lane, the nowhere train for elaine, elaine, elaine
you're like a goldfish in a bowl, elaine, elaine, elaine

they have your mind, they'll take your soul
you come, you stay, you go, it really doesn't matter
you've done it all before, by now they know the pattern
it's a dead end street
they've tied your hands and tied your feet
and the street is narrow
the nowhere lane, the nowhere train for elaine, elaine, elaine
you're like a goldfish in a bowl, elaine, elaine, elaine
 

they have your mind, they'll take your soul
björn know that you go, you know they're gonna get you
know that you go, you know they'll never let you
agnetha, frida it's a dead end street
they've tied your hands and tied your feet
and the street is narrow
the nowhere lane, the nowhere train for elaine, elaine, elaine
you're like a goldfish in a bowl, elaine, elaine, elaine
 

they have your mind, they'll take your soul 

know that you go, you know they're gonna get you
know that you go, you know they'll never let you
know that you go, you know they're gonna get you

Cassandra (1982)

Down in the street they're all singing and shouting
Staying alive though the city is dead
Hiding their shame behind hollow laughter
While you are crying alone on your bed.

Pity Cassandra that no one believed you
but then again you were lost from the start
now we must suffer and sell our secrets
bargain, playing smart, aching in our hearts
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
now the last day is dawning
some of us wanted but none of us could
listen to words of warning
but on the darkest of nights
nobody knew how to fight
and we were caught in our sleep
sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
you really had the power
I only saw it as dreams you would weave
until the final hour

So in the morning your ship will be sailing
now that your father and sister are gone
there is no reason for you to linger
you're grieving deeply but still moving on
you know the future is casting a shadow
no one else sees it but you know you're fate
packing your bags, being slow and thorough
knowing, though you're late, that ship is sure to wait
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
now the last day is dawning
some of us wanted but none of us could
listen to words of warning
but on the darkest of nights
nobody knew how to fight
and we were caught in our sleep
sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
you really had the power
I only saw it as dreams you would weave
until the final hour.

I watched the ship leaving harbor at sunrise
sails almost slack in the cool morning rain
she stood on deck, just a tiny figure
rigid and restrained, blue eyes filled with pain
sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
now the last day is dawning
some of us wanted but none of us could
listen to words of warning
but on the darkest of nights
nobody knew how to fight
and we were caught in our sleep
sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
you really had the power
I only saw it as dreams you would weave
until the final hour.

The name of the game (1977)

I've seen you twice, in a short time
Only a week since we started
It seems to me, for every time
I'm getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible case
No-one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There's a lot you can teach me
So I wanna know

What's the name of the game
Does it mean anything to you
What's the name of the game
Can you feel it the way I do
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down
Would you laugh at me
If I said I care for you
Could you feel the same way too
I wanna know

What's the name of the game

I have no friends, no-one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here, talking to you
No wonder I get excited

Your smile, and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So I wanna know

What's the name of the game
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Does it mean anything to you
(Got a feeling you give me no choice)
But it means a lot, what's the name of the game
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Can you feel it the way I do
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you
Could you feel the same way too
I wanna know
Oh yes I wanna know

The name of the game
(I was an impossible case)
Does it mean anything to you
(But I think I can see in your face)
That it means a lot
What's the name of the game
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Can you feel it the way I do
(Got a feeling you give me no choice)
But it means a lot, what's the name of the game
(I was an impossible case)
Does it mean anything to you
(But I think I can see in your face)
That it means a lot