If It Wasn't for the Nights - ABBA

I was alone I was made of stone, you took me home We built a world, a world for us We flew like birds, a new beginning It's better, better, better You keeping me together, gether, gether You know that I will never, never, never Try to pull you down, down Lover, lover, lover you can always be here I'll take cover You know that I will never, never, never Leave you all alone I'd be nothing if it wasn't for you If it wasn't for you I was a fool always keeping a distance If I'd ever know, oh You found a way, I thought I always stayed the same Because of you, I saw a new beginning It's better, better, better You keeping me together, gether, gether You know that I will never, never, never Try to pull you down, down Lover, lover, lover you can always be here I'll take cover You know that I will never, never, never Leave you all alone I'd be nothing if it wasn't for you If it wasn't for you I'd be nothing if it wasn't for you Nothing if it wasn't for you.

If it wasn't for you would've never known who I was If it wasn't for you I would be so lost If it wasn't for you I'd feel so all alone, you see If it wasn't for you there would be no me If it wasn't for you I wouldn't know what love is Having you by my side gives me reason to live If it wasn't for you I wouldn't fight so hard, you see If it wasn't for you there would be no me If it wasn't for you, you If it wasn't for you If it wasn't for you, you If it wasn't for you If it wasn't for you I would've never found escape If it wasn't for you it'd be hard to get through the day If it wasn't for you would've already run away, you see If it wasn't for you there would be no me If it wasn't for you, you If it wasn't for you If it wasn't for you, you If it wasn't for you If it wasn't for you I'd just be going along If it wasn't for you I could've never been so strong If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have a song to sing If it wasn't for you there would be no me

I close my eyes and she's right there Barbie dolls and teddy bears Picking buttercups from the yard Putting them in mason jars Tea parties and pecan pie Make me think of her every time Yes sir, yes maam It wouldn't be who I am If it wasn't for a woman Leading me by the hand Helping me understand If it wasn't for a woman Teaching me wrong from right Praying for me at night I'd be half the woman I am If it wasn't for a woman I met a man that treats me good Opens my door like a gentleman should She always said "Don't settle for less, No girl deserves second best" Sometimes when I miss her I can still hear her sweet words "I love you, be safe" I wouldn't be here today If it wasn't for a woman Leading me by the hand Helping me understand If it wasn't for a woman Teaching me wrong from right Praying for me at night I'd be half the woman I am If it wasn't for a woman He saw your face in a photograph Asked "Who is this beauty with a Bible in her hands?" I said "She's my angel and I'm the girl Who wouldn't know how to face this world" If it wasn't for a woman Leading me by the hand Helping me understand If it wasn't for a woman Teaching me wrong from right Praying for me at night I'd be half the woman I am If it wasn't for a woman If it wasn't for a woman

Uh-Uh Wait a minute, Jimmy, look here I'm listenin' As I was wakin' up this mornin' Well well Oh Lord, you know I felt pretty good, yes I did I began to stretch and yawn What for Ray? Just to see if I could I can dig it All at once I got a funny feelin' That something around here was goin on wrong Hmm So you know what I did Jimmy? What? I got up and I began to look all around for my baby Was that it? That was it, you know the woman had packed up and gone Oh lord That's why I say if everybody went to heaven Hey-ey-ey, I believe I'd miss the call But you see if it wasn't for bad luck, Trying to tell you son if it wasn't for bad luck, now now Oh, oh, I wouldn't have no luck at all Would you believe I wouldn't have no luck at all Looka here Ray, you think your luck is bad? Listen ta what happen to me Alright Now listen now Got a tip on a horse someone gave me, hey hey Yeah Pawned my last suit to make the bet No you didn't Yes I did Put every dime I had on him, ah What? Listen, you know he ain't showed up yet Oh! Tell ya I got so disgusted now Yeah Said I'll go back home and sleep some more Now that seem like the right thing to do But by the time I got back to my room Are you listenin' Ray? Yeah yeah, I'm payin' attention You know the landlord had padlocked my door Why that dirty... Tell ya a slow horse and a fast woman Hey hey hey lord they sure did let me fall That's why I say ah If it wasn't for bad luck sugar now Hey if it wasn't for bad luck y'all Oh! I wouldn't have no luck at all Oh Ray, listen, I wouldn't have no luck at all Huh-Yep. But wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet Let me tell you what happened Tell me about it I decided I'd go out walkin' Say what? Um-hm. And you know even that failed Now how can a walk fail, Ray? Because some man snatched a woman's pocketbook way across town Say what? Yeah, and uh guess who they put in jail? Do tell, do tell Jimmy, I just can't understand it I know what you mean I know there's got to be some kind of explanation There's got to be, there's got to be Lord, lord, lord, lord I ain't done nothing wrong So tell me why I'm doing two years probation Man I don't know, I got the same trouble They got me having to walk a chump line Say what? Oh, with my, with my back up against a wall That's tough, Ray That's why if it wasn't for bad luck sugar Oh I tell everybody if it wasn't for bad luck now now I believe, I believe I would have no luck at all I just would have no luck at all Looka here Ray, let me tell you something Hm? Now you know, you know about this here Yeah You know I was sittin' home one evening Well I didn't have a thing to do Yeah, that's happened to me sometimes So I thought I'd go out dancin', you know Yeah, yeah And do a little of that boogaloo I, I kinda like that myself Finally, I got myself a partner, now Yeah But old Ray, wouldn't you know Mm-hm, somthing musta happened bad Some man said, "You got my woman, boy" Uh oh And he stood about seven foot four Oops! Oops! As they walked away I stood there Feeling kinda sad and kinda small That's why I say If it wasn't for bad luck sugar Whoa, if it wasn't for bad luck, y'all now Hey, hey, hey, we'd have no luck at all Hey now! Yeah, I say we would have no luck at all Jimmy, I want you to tell me about that Seven foot four What did you do! Well Ray, anytime a man is seven foot four and you Messin' with his woman, it's time for you to go Oh yeah? Lord have mercy I, I, I, I can understand it It made you feel like you want to holler a little bit Made me feel like I want to Aahhhhhhh-ow! Yeah man, when I run into that situation Makes me want to cry a little bit like this Ooh-hoo!