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Eagle

Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus,
Recording began: 1 de Junio 1977, at Marcus Music Studios, Stockholm
Album: The Album (1977)
Lead vocal: Agnetha & Frida

They came flyin’ from faraway
now I’m under their spell
I love hearing the stories that they tell
they’ve seen places beyond my land
and they’ve found new horizons
they speak strangely but I understand
and I dream I’m an eagle
and I dream I can spread my wings

Flyin’ high, high
I’m a bird in the sky
I’m an eagle that rides on the breeze
high, high
what a feeling to fly
over mountains and forests and seas
and to go anywhere that I please

As all good friends we talk all night
and we fly wing to wing
I have questions and they know everything
there’s no limit to what I feel
we climb higher and higher
am I dreamin’ or is it all real
is it true I’m an eagle
is it true I can spread my wings

Flyin’ high, high
I’m a bird in the sky
I’m an eagle that rides on the breeze
high, high
what a feeling to fly
over mountains and forests and seas
and to go anywhere that I please

Elaine

Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus,
Recording began: 5 de Febrero 1980, at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm
Album: Super Trouper (1980)
Lead vocal: Agnetha & Frida, Benny & Björn

You hate
you scream
you swear
and still you never reach ’em
you curse
you try to scare
but you can never teach ’em
it’s a dead end street
they tie your hands
and tie 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 tie your hands
and tie your feet
and the street is narrow
a nowhere lane
a 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 tie your hands
and tie your feet
and the street is narrow
a nowhere lane
a 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

Nowhere to go
you know they’re gonna get you
nowhere to go
you know they’ll never let you

It’s a dead end street
they tie your hands
and tie your feet
and the street is narrow
a nowhere lane
a 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

Nowhere to go
you know they’re gonna get you
nowhere to go
you know they’ll never let you

End Of The World, The

Written by: Agnetha Fältskog, Arthur Kent & Sylvia Dee
Recording began: 2 de Febrero 2004, at Warner Music Studios, Stockholm
Album: My Colouring Book (2004)
Lead vocal: Agnetha

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
’Cause you don’t love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
why everything’s the same as it was
I can’t understand
No I can’t understand
How life goes on the way it does

Oh why does my heart go on beating?

Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don’t they know/ it’s the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

(Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?)
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye.

Estoy Soñando

Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Buddy & Mary McCluskey
Recording began: 15 de Marzo 1979, at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm
Album: Gracias Por La Música (1980)
Lead vocal: Frida

Yo lo soñé
y el corazón
me habló de amor
con emoción

Si vives la magia
de hadas que hacen bien
verás que el futuro
sonríe también

Creo en angelitos
que me cuidan siempre de caer
creo en angelitos
que la vida linda me hacen ver
y llegaré
yo lo soñé

Yo lo soñé
no fue ilusión
y me ayudó
en mi aflicción

Y la fantasía
a la oscuridad
la transforma el día
en una verdad

Creo en angelitos
que me cuidan siempre de caer
creo en angelitos
que la vida linda me hacen ver
y llegaré
yo lo soñé

Every Good Man

Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus,
Recording began: 20 de Marzo 1982, at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm
Album: Opus Dei (1982)
Lead vocal: Agnetha

Every good man
needs a helping hand
so I travel alone if I can
Every man has a guiding star
and he knows what he's gonna get
when he's going too far

Living on the dark side once again
It's sad to lose a friend
Looking at things with empty feelings
Still we're going on

For Every good man
needs a helping hand
I should have known too
Some of us learn too late, I'm sorry
Every good man needs a helping hand
It's true

Every good man
needs a helping hand
so I travel alone if I can
Every man has a guiding star
and he knows
what he's gonna get
when he's going too far

Living on the dark side once again
It's sad to lose a friend
Looking at things with empty feelings
Still we're going on

For Every good man
needs a helping hand
I should have known too
Some of us learn too late, I'm sorry

Every good man
needs a helping hand
It's true

Eyes Of A Woman

Written by: Agnetha Fältskog, Paris Edvinson & Marianne Flynner.
Recording began: 20 de Mayo 1985, at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm
Album: Eyes Of A Woman (1985)
Lead vocal: Agnetha

I met her at the airport,
we talked on the plane
She saw that I was downcast
and said it was a shame.
I gave her all the reasons
for being in despair
She said that explanations
won't get you anywhere

It's not a matter of virtue or the cause you defend
It's only the moments of choice that count in the end.

We get a bit of the good life,
a piece of the cake
And enough of the hard times
to keep us awake
It takes the eyes of a woman,
the heart of a child
The soul of a gypsy,
to cherish the wild,
The eyes of a woman,
the heart of a child
The soul of a gypsy,
to cherish the wild.

She hit me in a weak spot,
I knew that she was right
She said, ``Can you imagine
a day without a night?
Good without the evil,
is a cob without the corn
It's with the aid of demons
that angels can be born

It's not a matter of virtue or the cause you defend
It's only the moments of choice that count in the end''

We get a bit of the good life,
a piece of the cake
And enough of the hard times
to keep us awake.
It takes the eyes of a woman,
the heart of a child
The soul of a gypsy,
to cherish the wild,
The eyes of a woman,
the heart of a child
The soul of a gypsy,
to cherish the wild.

We get a bit of the good life,
a piece of the cake
And enough of the hard times
to keep us awake.
It takes the eyes of a woman,
the heart of a child
The soul of a gypsy,
to cherish the wild.We get a bit of the good life,
a piece of the cake
And enough of the hard times
to keep us awake.
It takes the eyes of a woman,
the heart of a child
The soul of a gypsy,
to cherish the wild.