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            | ARGUMENT (Concept Album) |  
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            | Musik | Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus |  
            | Text | instrumental |  
            | Arrangement | Anders Eljas |  
            | Gesangspart | Florence/Anatloy |  
            | wissenswertes |   |  
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            | Florence |   |  
            | I would've thought in the average affair That the first hint of trouble would be
 Oh, so small; barely perceptible easy to miss
 Why is ours on TV?
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            |   | Anatoly |  
            |   | Listen - you know as I doNothing's altered at all
 I have no intension -
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            | Florence |   |  
            | Your personal life's the lead on the news!
 How do we ignore that?
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            |   | Anatloy |  
            |   | I do and I must because otherwise I sayGoodbye to my hopes of retaining my title
 If I should succumb to emotional blackmail I'm done -
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            | Florence |   |  
            | Looking after number one? |   |  
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            |   | Anatoly |  
            |   | What do you mean? |  
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            | Florence |   |  
            | I mean it's always I this and I thatWhat happened to us?
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            |   | Anatoly |  
            |   | All that I'm saying is that I must make certain That nothing distracts me from chess
 When I've
 won then I'll attend to the secondary things - |  
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            | Florence |   |  
            | Things like me I suppose! |   |  
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            |   | Anatoly |  
            |   | No, no -  you're reacting Exactly the way that they want
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            | Florence |   |  
            | It's the way I have toIf I feel concerned I can't put it off
 And come back to it later
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            |   | Anatloy |  
            |   | Well if you're determined to jump when they tell you Then maybe it's best that you do it aloneWatch TV, read the papers, have the
 miserable time of your life
 You could even call my wife!
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