The Day Before You Came
 作词 : Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus
 作曲 : Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus
I must have left my house at 8:00 because I always do
My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
I must have read the morning paper goin' into town
And havin' gotten through the editorial, no doubt, I must have frowned
I must have made my desk around a quarter after 9:00
With letters to be read and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
I must've gone to lunch at half past 12:00 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 2:00
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 5:00 I must've 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 8:00 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 10:00
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 Marylin 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