LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME
(Aleksej Anatolevich Kortnev / Bloern K Ulvaeus / Benny Goran Bror Andersson)

as recorded by Abba
1980


I wasn't jealous before we met,
Now every woman I see is a potential threat,
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice;
You've heard me sayin' that smokin' was my only vice!
But now it isn't true,
Now everything is new,
And all I've learned
Has overturned,
I think of you!

Don't go wasting your emotion,
Lay all your love on me!

It was like shooting a sitting duck,
A little small talk, a smile and baby, I was stuck!
I still don't know what you've done with me,
A grownup woman should never fall so easily!
I feel a kind of fear
When I don't have you near.
Unsatisfied,
I skip my pride,
I beg you dear -

Don't go wasting your emotion,
Lay all your love on me!
Don't go sharing your devotion,
Lay all your love on me!

I've had a few little love affairs,
They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce!
I used to think I was sensible,
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible,
'Cause everything is new,
And everything is you,
And all I've learned
Has overturned,
What can I do?

Don't go wasting your emotion,
Lay all your love on me!
Don't go sharing your devotion,
Lay all your love on me!
Don't go wasting your emotion,
Lay all your love on me...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2019)