[ti:Don't Shut Me Down] [ar:ABBA] [al:I Still Have Faith In You / Don't Shut Me Down] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Shut Me Down - ABBA [00:00.48]Lyrics by:Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus [00:01.06]Composed by:Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus [00:01.28]A while ago I heard the sound of children's laughter [00:05.15]Now it's quiet so I guess they left the park [00:08.30] [00:10.12]This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour [00:13.83]The sun is going down it's getting dark [00:17.33] [00:18.39]I realise I'm cold the rain begins to pour [00:23.46]As I watch the windows on the second floor [00:26.98] [00:29.12]The lights are on it's time to go [00:31.94] [00:34.04]It's time at last to let him know [00:37.59] [00:48.05]I believe it would be fair to say [00:50.45] [00:51.66]You look bewildered [00:54.22] [00:57.42]And you wonder why I'm here today [00:59.98] [01:01.16]And so you should I would [01:03.28] [01:06.87]When I left I felt I'd had enough [01:09.39] [01:10.77]But in the shape and form I appear now [01:15.66] [01:16.72]I have learned to cope [01:17.89]And love and hope is why I am here now [01:22.68] [01:26.82]And now you see another me I've been reloaded yeah [01:31.74]I'm fired up don't shut me down [01:34.26] [01:36.41]I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded [01:40.73]I'm fired up I'm hot don't shut me down [01:44.17] [01:45.51]I'm not the one you knew [01:47.87]I'm now and then combined [01:50.14]And I'm asking you to have an open mind [01:53.69]And I won't be the same [01:55.64]I'm not the same this time around [01:58.79]Ooh [02:00.60]I'm fired up don't shut me down [02:04.91] [02:14.31]Will you leave me standing in the hall [02:16.86] [02:18.34]Or let me enter [02:20.43] [02:23.98]The apartment hasn't changed at all [02:26.37] [02:27.38]I got to say I'm glad [02:29.72] [02:33.04]Once these rooms were witness to our love [02:35.91] [02:37.05]My tantrums and increasing frustration [02:41.88] [02:43.02]But I go from mad [02:44.40]To not so bad in my transformation [02:49.82] [02:52.44]So now [02:53.29]And now you see another me I've been reloaded yeah [02:57.97]I'm fired up don't shut me down [03:00.69]Don't shut me down [03:02.99]I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded [03:07.04]I'm fired up I'm hot don't shut me down [03:10.28] [03:11.50]I am not the one you knew [03:13.28]I'm not the one you knew [03:14.60]I'm now and then combined [03:16.48]And I'm asking you to have an open mind [03:19.88]And I won't be the same [03:22.11]I'm not the same this time around [03:24.48] [03:25.20]Ooh [03:26.93]I'm fired up don't shut me down [03:30.34]You asked me not to leave [03:33.58]Well here I am again [03:35.63]And I love you still and so I won't pretend [03:40.92] [03:42.93]I have learned to cope [03:44.34]And love and hope is why I am here now