Album: The Visitors (1981)

Charted: 3

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• They passed me by, all of those great romances
  You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances
  My picture clear, everything seemed so easy
  And so I dealt you the blow
  One of us had to go
  Now it's different, I want you to know
  
  One of us is crying
  One of us is lying
  In her lonely bed
  Staring at the ceiling
  Wishing she was somewhere else instead
  One of us is lonely
  One of us is only
  Waiting for a call
  Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
  Wishing she had never left at all
  
  I saw myself as a concealed attraction
  I felt you kept me away from the heat and the action
  Just like a child, stubborn and misconceiving
  That's how I started the show
  One of us had to go
  Now I've changed and I want you to know
  
  One of us is crying
  One of us is lying
  In her lonely bed
  Staring at the ceiling
  Wishing she was somewhere else instead
  One of us is lonely
  One of us is only
  Waiting for a call
  Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
  Wishing she had never left at all
  Never left at all
  
  Staring at the ceiling
  Wishing she was somewhere else instead
  One of us is lonely
  One of us is only
  Waiting for a call
  Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small Writer/s: Benny Goran Andersson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• David Harvey from AustraliaThe video is very interesting, as it shows Agnetha portraying a woman moving into what is presumably a new flat. If you watch closely during the segment where she puts her record-player and cabinet in place, you will see a vinyl copy of The Band's debut album "Music from Big Pink", but I'm not sure if it's an American pressing or not.
• Paul Osman from Liverpoo,l EnglandThis would have been enhanced by giving it a slowr reggae rhythm It's almost but not quite there. Still a classic however
• Alan Akb from Huddersfield England"One of us" was my all time favorite from Abba , although I liked them all and they never made a bad record , every track so different in their own particular way. The lyrics and melody on this track are so powerful even 39 years later. Great music like this is timeless and will live on and on .
• Abba Forever from Jordan Incredible people singing their own tragedies
• Dave from Cardiff, WalesThis was Abba's last major hit, and effectively their swansong... Although it only got to #107 in on the US Billboard chart, that may have been due to the fact that "One Of Us" was released in the US well over a year after it's European and UK release, and Abba had already disbanded by that time. Whatever else, this was one of the best songs they ever did.
• Deb from Melbourne, AustraliaA lot of the late Abba songs were depressing, but also their best. I think it proves that trauma in people's lives (divorce, death, etc) breeds amazing creativity.

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