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Crazy World by ABBA

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ABBA

Crazy World

Release date: 1st November 1976

From Thank You for the Music
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About This Track

"Crazy World" is a track by ABBA, from the album Thank You for the Music, released 1st November 1976. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

ABBA

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Lyrics

Crazy World

[Verse 1]

I was up with the morning sun

Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd take a walk

I was thinking of you and me

And I went to your house 'cause I had to talk

I could hardly believe my eyes

When I saw this guy closing your front door

Had a feeling of emptiness

Like I've never had before

[Chorus]

And I close my eyes

Will you leave me, girl?

Then I realised

It's a crazy world

[Verse 2]

As he disappeared in his car

I was stunned and I didn't know what to do

Everything I had ever been

Everything in my life's a part of you

And I just couldn't move my feet

So I stood on the pavement as you came out

You acted as you didn't know

What it was all about

[Chorus]

And I close my eyes

Will you leave me, girl?

Then I realised

It's a crazy world

[Bridge]

Baby, how could you do it?

You just told me lies

And you meet behind my back with other guys

Baby, how could you tell me

There was only me?

I was stupid to believe you, I was blind but now I see

[Verse 3]

Then you smiled and you took my hand

"There is something," you said, "that you may not know

There's a couple of men in my life

And one of them is my brother Joe

He's been gone for a long, long time

But he's back and I think he's going to stay

You'll be seeing a lot of him

He's so nice in every way"

[Chorus]

And I close my eyes

Never leave me, girl

Then I realised

It's a crazy world

So I close my eyes

Never leave me, girl

Then I realised

It's a crazy world

[Outro]

So I close my eyes

Never leave me, girl

Then I realised...

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Track details

From Thank You for the Music

1976
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Thank You for the Music
Thank You for the Music
ABBA
Release year
1976
  1. —ABBA Undeleted [Demo Medley]
  2. —Pick a Bale of Cotton / On Top of Old Smoky / Midnight Special [Medley]
  3. —I Wonder (Departure) [Live]
  4. —The Name of the Game [U.S. Remix]
  5. —Ricky Rock 'N' Roller
  6. —Waterloo [French/Swedish Version Medley]
  7. —Summer Night City [Full-Length Version]
  8. —Dream World
  9. —Ring Ring [Swedish/Spanish/German Version Medley]
  10. —Thank You for the Music (Doris Day Version)
  11. —Slipping Through My Fingers / Me and I (Live) [Dick Cavett Meets ABBA]
  12. —Voulez-Vous
    4:22
  13. —Should I Laugh or Cry
  14. —You Owe Me One
  15. —Happy Hawaii
  16. —Crazy World

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