DON’T SHUT ME DOWN	rev. P1C
Text & Musik: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

Sopran:

(vers 1 unisont)
A while ago, I heard the sound of children's laughter. 
Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park
This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour
The sun is going down, it's getting dark
I realise I'm cold, the rain begins to pour
as I watch the windows on the second floor
The lights are on, it's time to go 
It's time at last to let him know
ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aah

(vers 2 stämmor)
I believe it would be fair to say you look bewildered
And you wonder why I'm here today 
and so you should, I would 
When I left, I felt I'd had enough. 
But in the shape, and form, I – appear now 
I have learned to cope, and love and hope 
is why I am here now

(refräng stämmor)
And now you see another me, I've been reloaded
I'm fired up, don't shut me down
I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down
I'm not the one you knew I'm now and then combined
And I'm asking you to have an open mind 
-
I'm not the same this time around 
I'm fired up, don't shut me down

ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aah

(vers 3)
Will you leave me standing in the hall or let me enter?
The apartment hasn't changed at all, I got to say I'm glad
Once these rooms were witness to our love,
my tantrums and increasing – frustration
But I go from mad to not so bad in my transformation

(refräng stämmor)
And now you see another me, I've been reloaded
I'm fired up, don't shut me down
I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down
I'm not the one you knew I'm now and then combined
and I'm asking you to have an open mind 
-
I'm not the same this time around 
I'm fired up, don't shut me down

Yooou asked me not to leave well, here I am again
and I love you still and so I wooon't pretend

I have learnt to cope, and love and hope 
is why I am here now
	
Alt, Tenor & Bas:

(vers 1 unisont)
A while ago, I heard the sound of children's laughter. 
Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park
This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour
The sun is going down, it's getting dark
I realise I'm cold, the rain begins to pour
as I watch the windows on the second floor
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .oh-oh-ooh
oh-oh-ooh
ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aah

(vers 2 stämmor)
I believe it would be fair to say you look bewildered
And you wonder why I'm here today 
and so you should, I would 
When I left, I felt I'd had enough. 
But in the shape, and form, I – appear now 
I have learned to cope, and love and hope 
is why I am here now

(refräng stämmor)
And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah I'm fired up, don't shut me down
I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down
I'm not the one you knew I'm now and then combined
- 
and I won't be the same 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (alt) oh-oh-ooh … 
. . . . . . . . . . don't shut me down

ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aah

(vers 3)
Will you leave me standing in the hall or let me enter?
The apartment hasn't changed at all, I got to say I'm glad
Once these rooms were witness to our love,
my tantrums and increasing – frustration
But I go from mad to not so bad in my transformation

(refräng stämmor)
And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
I'm fired up, don't shut me down
I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down
I'm not the one you knew I'm now and then combined
- 
and I won't be the same 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (alt) oh-oh-ooh … 
. . . . . . . . . . don't shut me down

Yooou . . You asked me not to leave well, here I am again
and I love you still and so I wooon't pretend

I have learnt to cope, and love and hope 
is why I am here now