Released in 1980, Lay All Your Love on Me is a song by the Swedish group ABBA. The song is notable for its innovative use of electronic sounds and is considered one of the first disco genre songs to incorporate such elements significantly. It was recorded during the Super Trouper album sessions. The songs lyrics reflect themes of jealousy and possessiveness in a romantic relationship, a recurrent theme in ABBAs lyrics. Although it was not origina ... See more [+] lly released as a single in all countries, the song was very successful on various music charts around the world.
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I wasn't jealous before we met
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Now every woman I see is a potential threat
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And I'm possessive, it isn't nice
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You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice
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But now it isn't true
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Now everything is new
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And all I've learned has o - verturned
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I beg of you
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Don't go wasting your e - mo - tion
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Lay all your love on me
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It was like shooting a sitting duck
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A little small talk, a smile and baby I was stuck
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I still don't know what you've done with me
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A grown-up woman should never fall so easily
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I feel a kind of fear
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When I don't have you near
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Unsatisfied, I skip my pride
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I beg you dear
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Don't go wasting your e - mo - tion
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Lay all your love on me
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Don't go sharing your de - vo - tion
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Lay all your love on me
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I've had a few little love affairs
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They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce