ABBA Week, Day 5: No more Trooper (Song about a change in lifestyle and sung to the tune of “Super Trouper”[1])

By Siesta-friendly

Rising prices kill me
Can’t avoid the blues
thinking I have to
trade my SUV and commute

I was going broke every week
Whenever the fuel prices increase
Now that rising prices have been steep
Wishing it was slow but it wasn’t so
(wishing it was slow but it wasn’t so)
So imagine I was sad about increases
(sad about increases)
Suddenly I’m not alright
(and suddenly its gonna be)
And it’s gonna be so different
When I’m on the road tonight …

Tonight there’s
no more Trooper ride that’s gonna take me
guzzling so much gas
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
like it never has
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
’cause now all that is gone and past

Tonight there’s
no more Trooper ride that’s gonna cost me
But I won’t feel blue
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
Like I used to do
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
`cause now I’m saving money too

Be with twenty other commuters
How can anyone be so lonely
Hoping that someday it somehow ends
Still I’m thinking of saving money
(still I‘m thinking of saving money)
There are moments when I think I’m going crazy
(think I’m going crazy)
But it’s gonna be alright
(even though I’ve changed my ride)
Everything will be so different
When I’m on the road tonight

Tonight there’s
no more Trooper ride that’s gonna take me
guzzling so much gas
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
like it never has
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
’cause now all that is gone and past

Tonight there’s
no more Trooper ride that’s gonna cost me
But I won’t feel blue
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
Like I used to do
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
`cause now I’m saving money too

So I’ll be there and I’ll arrive
The sight of me will prove that it was worth the ride
And when I tell you what I‘ve saved
Don’t think I’m tight
I know that I have saved a lot tonight

Tonight there’s
no more Trooper ride that’s gonna take me
guzzling so much gas
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
like it never has
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
but now all that is gone and past

Tonight there’s
no more Trooper ride that’s gonna cost me
But I won’t feel blue
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
Like I used to do
(no m-more Troop-p-per)
`cause now I’m saving money too

[1] ABBA. “Super Trouper”. Super Trouper. Polar Music, 1980.

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