The Day Before You Came Lyrics - Agnetha Faltskog

(Benny Andersson / Bjrn Ulvaeus) 

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 it's usual frame 

The day before you came. 

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.