'THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR' -A MINI-MUSICAL IN FOUR ACTS- Performed live during ABBA's 1977 world tours CAST (in order of appearance) Introduction: Björn Ulvaeus Narrator: Francis Matthews The Girl with the Golden Hair: Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad Chorus: Lena Andersson, Lena-Maria Gårdenäs-Lawton, Maritza Horn INTRODUCTION: (We call her) The girl with the golden hair NARRATOR: And now, if you please, we're about to begin The scene is all set for our star to come in Magic is hanging like smoke in the air And all of a sudden you see her, she's there The girl with the golden hair THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC AGNETHA: I'm nothing special In fact, I'm a bit of a bore If I tell a joke You've certainly heard it before But I have a talent, a wonderful thing 'Cause everybody listens when I start to sing I'm so grateful and proud All I want is to sing it out loud So I say Thank you for the music The songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing I can't live without it I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say Thank you for the music For giving it to me Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk She says I began to sing long before I could talk And now I'm so grateful to all the guys Who bring the sweet memories into our lives I'm in love with them all I mean Brian, Chuck, John and Paul* *Wilson, Berry, Lennon and McCartney So I say Thank you for the music The songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing I can't live without it I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say Thank you for the music For giving it to me I've been so lucky I am the girl with golden hair I wanna sing it out to everybody What a joy What a life What a chance! So I say Thank you for the music The songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing I can't live without it I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say Thank you for the music It makes me happy So I say Thank you for the music The songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing I can't live without it I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say Thank you for the music For giving it to me So I say Thank you for the music For giving it to me NARRATOR: By now, my dear listeners You may think this girl is fully content in her own little world But no, she's ambitious She wants to appear on TV, on records, To launch a career And yes, she's successful Her dreams have come true She's getting an offer Accepting it too She's leaving her parents, her friend, her hometown But now departing Uncertainty is starting She's feeling a little bit down I WONDER (Departure) FRIDA: This park and these houses Old streets I have walked Everything dear Will it be here One day when I am returning My friends will get married Have children and homes It sounds so nice Well planned and wise Never expecting surprises I wonder It's frightening Leaving now, is that the right thing? I wonder It scares me But who the hell am I If I don't even try? I'm not a coward Oh no, I'll be strong One chance in a lifetime Yes, I will take it It can't go wrong My friends and my family This dull little town Busses I've missed Boys that I've kissed Everything old and familiar I wonder It's frightening Leaving now, is that the right thing? I wonder It scares me But who the hell am I If I don't even try? I'm not a coward Oh no, I'll be strong One chance in a lifetime Yes, I will take it Yes, I will take it It can't go wrong NARRATOR: Famous, successful Now she's a star CHORUS: She is a star Shining, shining NARRATOR: Fulfilling her contracts whatever they are The contracts her manager signed It happens more often She wakes up at night CHORUS: Wakes up at night Screaming, screaming NARRATOR: Ridden with nightmares she turns on the light Frightened by what she was dreaming Disillusioned and lonely She feels like a clown CHORUS: Feels like a clown Grinning, grinning NARRATOR: From concert to concert From town to town As though her whole world was spinning She got what she wanted, and yet She feels like a marionette! I'M A MARIONETTE AGNETHA AND FRIDA: You're so free That's what everybody's telling me Yet I feel I'm like an outward bound Pushed around refugee Something's wrong Got a feeling that I don't belong As if I had come from outer space Out of place, like King Kong! I'm a marionette Just a marionette Pull the string I'm a marionette Everybody's pet Just as long as I sing I'm a marionette See my pirouette 'Round and 'round I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette Just a silly old clown I'm a marionette! And I'm like a doll Like a puppet with no will at all And somebody taught me how to walk How to talk, how to fall! Can't complain I got no one but myself to blame Something's happening I can't control Lost my hold, it's insane! Look this way Just a little smile is what they say You look better on the photograph If you laugh, it's OK! I'm a marionette Just a marionette Pull the string I'm a marionette Everybody's pet Just as long as I sing I'm a marionette See my pirouette 'Round and 'round I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette Just a silly old clown I'm a marionette! I think something's wrong Got a feeling that I don't belong As if I had come from outer space Out of place, like King Kong! I'm a marionette Just a marionette Pull the string I'm a marionette Everybody's pet Just as long as I sing I'm a marionette See my pirouette 'Round and 'round I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette Just a silly old clown I'm a marionette! NARRATOR: The journey from Heaven to hell Get on the carousel! GET ON THE CAROUSEL CHORUS: Get on the carousel Get on the carousel Get on The roundabout is just beginning Get on It's fun to see the world a-spinning Get on the carousel (well all I really wanna do is get off) Get on the carousel (all I really want to do is get off) Get on Your happiness is waiting for you (it's only making me scared) Be famous, let the world adore you (but I don't really care) Get on the carousel (well all I really wanna do is get off) Get on the carousel (oh, I really wanna go) AGNETHA: I feel so dizzy I wanna go Listen! No, I don't think I can take much more FRIDA: So can't you tell 'em to make it slow Listen! I want the speed that I had before AGNETHA: I'm feeling sick and I wanna stop Spinning! So won't you let me get off this thing? FRIDA: I got a feeling I reached the top Spinning! I only wanted to dance and sing CHORUS: The roundabout is just beginning Get on It's fun to see the world a-spinning Get on the carousel (well all I really wanna do is get off) Get on the carousel (all I really want to do is get off) Get on Your happiness is waiting for you (it's only making me scared) Be famous, let the world adore you (but I don't really care) Get on the carousel (well all I really wanna do is get off) Get on the carousel (oh, I really wanna go) AGNETHA: I feel so dizzy I wanna go Listen! No, I don't think I can take much more FRIDA: So can't you tell 'em to make it slow Listen! I want the speed that I had before AGNETHA: I'm feeling sick and I wanna stop Spinning! So won't you let me get off this thing? FRIDA: I got a feeling I reached the top Spinning! I only wanted to dance and sing I'M A MARIONETTE (reprise) AGNETHA AND FRIDA: I'm a marionette Just a marionette Pull the string I'm a marionette Everybody's pet Just as long as I sing I'm a marionette See my pirouette 'Round and 'round I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette Just a silly old clown CHORUS: The roundabout is just beginning Get on It's fun to see the world a-spinning Get on the carousel (well all I really wanna do is get off) Get on the carousel (all I really want to do is get off) Get on Your happiness is waiting for you (it's only making me scared) Be famous, let the world adore you (but I don't really care) Get on the carousel (well all I really wanna do is get off) Get on the carousel (oh, I really wanna go) I WONDER (Departure) [reprise] AGNETHA AND FRIDA: No, I'm not a coward Oh no, I'll be strong One chance in a lifetime Yes, I will take it Yes, I will take it It can't go wrong AGNETHA: I feel so dizzy I wanna go Listen! No, I don't think I can take much more FRIDA: So can't you tell 'em to make it slow Listen! I want the speed that I had before AGNETHA: I'm feeling sick and I wanna stop Spinning! So won't you let me get off this thing? AGNETHA AND FRIDA: I got a feeling I reached the top Spinning! I only wanted to dance and sing The End