ABBA - I Am The City Lyrics






Coming through a cloud you're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes
And you find me beautiful and irresistible
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size
And you feel a strange attraction
The air is vibrant and electrified
Welcome to me here I am my arms are open wide

Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats
And a million voices blend into a single voice
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets
People come and take their chances
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose a lot
Come make your own contribution to this melting pot

I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The air that you're breathing is me
Yes I am the city you let me be

People feed me with their lives I am a hungry soul
And they all worship me and pay their homage day and night
Every day I knew a lot of tired shopping feet
But come the night they will be dancing in the neon light
Dazzled by the crazy magic
They're grabbing pieces of the fatted calf
And in the wind if you listen hard you'll hear me laugh

I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city
The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The parks and the squares that you see
All the sounds that you hear
And the air that you're breathing is me
Yes I am the city you let me be

I am the city
You let me be
I am the city

The famous hotels and the cocktail bars
And the funny smells
And the turmoil the cars and the people
The air that you're breathing is me

[Last line is sung simultaneously with next line]

Coming through a cloud
You're looking at me from above
And I'm a revelation spreading out before your eyes

[Last line is sung simultaneously with next line]

I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
Yes I am the city you let me be

And you find me beautiful and irresistible
A giant creature that forever seems to grow in size

[Last line is sung simultaneously with next line]

The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city

You let me be

Somewhere in the middle of the neverending noise
There is a constant steady rhythm of a heart that beats

[Last line is sung simultaneously with next line]

I'm the street you walk
The language you talk
I am the city
Yes I am the city you let me be

And a million voices blend into a single voice
And you can hear it in the clamour of the crowded streets

[Last line is sung simultaneously with next line]

The skyline is me and the energy
I am the city

You let me be





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  1. c.... s....

    I just discovered this song on YouTube three weeks ago make me even more crazy about abba.

  2. R.... F....

    I cannot believe this has only 130,000 views

  3. A.... K....

    I'm 29, but Abba always played mine young life, but now I feel that I fell into their music for good I love listening to them, all their songs that they performed together are definitely great hits in my opinion.

  4. G.... S....

    Wow this song grows on you its amazing

  5. G.... S....

    Listen to the great vocals of Frida then Agnetha then wow bomb together what a fantastic song can you believe it was never released as a single

  6. G.... E....

    Frida’s voice is awesome!

  7. y.... w....

    Very high standar , quality and level the ABBA group , and all her music , songs , voices , ................... !!!

  8. A.... T....

    ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT XOXOX XOXOX
    ❤💙💚🧡💜💛❤💙💚🧡💜💛❤💙💚

  9. n.... ....

    Funny how listening to this song (after a long while, I must admit) and it's wide choice of very characteristic tunes and harmonies brings back even the smell of 'how it was then', 35-40 years ago. Makes me revisit my old days - by a bit.

  10. y.... w....

    ABBA IS SUPER MUSIC ALWAYS !!!!
    THE BETTER POP BAND , SONGS , MUSIC AND VOICES OF ALL TIMES IN THIS WORLD !!!!!
    LEVEL GOD POP BAND !!!! PURE GREAT TALENT !!!!

  11. �.... �....

    Доброе утро!

    �.... �....

    Привет!

    �.... �....

    Как дела?

    �.... �....

    Много ответов ;O)

  12. h.... a....

    I wonder what was this gem was supposed to sound like if the description says it was incomplete. 🤔

  13. A.... D....

    ABBA really should have released 'I Am The City' as a single in 1982 as I feel it would have done well but it was being kept back for the 9th album along with 'Just Like That'.

  14. J.... P....

    J'adore cette chanson.

  15. y.... w....

    ABBA IS VERY GOOD POP MUSIC ALWAYS . EXTRAORDINARY !!! I lIKE IT !!!

  16. n.... s....

    esta cancion fue la ultima grabadada en 1982 pero salio por primera vez en 1992 en el album abba more estaba guardada

  17. r.... f....

    Agnetha,s voice stands out.

    r.... f....

    Her voice always stands out as she is a suberb suprano

  18. M.... R....

    In this Agnetha&Frida really show how good they complimenting each other and make the magic ABBA-sound that made them world famous .

  19. S.... ....

    That one sound sounds like a siren

  20. P.... R....

    *I don't like the cities anymore, they don't let me be*

  21. S.... ....

    Really is more than gold

  22. a.... f....

    Benny always dismissed this track as an "experiment". Every sound in this song (apart from the girls' voices) comes from his synths... which made it sound a little flat or artificial. Nowadays we can see that it really had the sound of the 80's. One can be forgiven when thinking that this track is from 1987...

    a.... f....

    They were ahead of their time and didn't know it. Benny and Bjorn just outgrew and got tired of ABBA. That is pretty obvious. 20 years worth of work in 8 years? Anyone would get tired, except for weird people like Diana Ross. She will die from singing ;)

  23. j.... p....

    Comme toujours c'est parfait et dommage ke le 9e album n'est jamais vu le jour avec aussi le sublime Just like that

  24. O.... B....

    Benny Andersson is a genius, love him!!

    O.... B....

    Omri B I agree. Bjorn mainly wrote the lyrics, but the melodies were predominantly spawned by Benny. ABBA’s melodies were unique and very appealing.

  25. w.... ....

    That's a new one on me, and I love ABBA

  26. K.... M....

    ABBA was actually getting better towards the end, just before they broke up. Even though they were tired of recording together, they turned out some of their best work towards the end of their ABBA career. “I Am The City” is a great example. Also, “The Day Before You Came”, “Two For The Price of One”, and the unreleased gem “Just Like That”.

    K.... M....

    Bjorn said that they were writing and recording their best material after both divorces all of the 6 songs recorded during the 9th album sessions in 1982 are wonderful.

    K.... M....

    @Adam Dawson also i think it was because they always changed the sound of there music

    K.... M....

    @kyle day I like this ABBA track, i'am the city remind me of every time I pop into London, I even made a photo Gallary of London City with ABBA I'am the City on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFTcfM2NE8M

    K.... M....

    I totally agree, I thought The Visitors was their very best album

    K.... M....

    They knew that it was best to stop at their peak. Their solo careers never took off though, because they needed each other.

  27. G.... B....

    Had this been released as a single it would unquestionably have been a Top-10 hit.

    G.... B....

    @Ratelzwatel , Unfinished? It's what most of the songs of today sound like. Synthesizer and nothing else. Ahead of their time I guess. HumAn League ( a huge group in the 80's) started the synthesizer one instrument is all thing...

    G.... B....

    @BroccoliQueefed I'd rather compare ABBA with ABBA.
    I think I can understand why they found it not good enough.

    G.... B....

    @Ratelzwatel I Am The City and Just Like That are fully completed songs.

    G.... B....

    @Ratelzwatel According to Benny, the Gemini version of 'Just Like That' they no longer see as the optimum version, although they thought so at the time.

  28. W.... T....

    wonderfull song!!

  29. M.... M....

    Super....bonus.!

  30. s.... ....

    If someone forced me to choose a one favourite ABBA song, I think I would choose this. :)

    s.... ....

    shadowsteed15 This and Hole in your Soul

    s.... ....

    I absolutely love this and the visitors

    s.... ....

    It is quite good. Just as great as anything recorded in the Dancing Queen days. Listen those lyrics ;)

  31. g.... f....

    one of the best song electronic dance '80

  32. �.... ....

    very good song

  33. A.... B....

    Wonderful song! Though you can hear that it was the end of an era and that they all were divorced. That sadness and melancholy in their voices and in the song

  34. C.... M....

    Why can't people be alone for 5 seconds. We are not bloody animals.

    C.... M....

    +Cerell Morrison

    Actually, by any definition, that's exactly what we are.

    C.... M....

    @terry platt Smartass

  35. D.... B....

    I used to listen to this back in 1999 when I got into a new relationship after my marriage ended. Back then the future was bright and also unknown.

  36. M.... ....

    I absolutely can't help smiling when I listen to this... such an intricate melody they are singing out in the verse :)))
    Эту песню невозможно слушать без улыбки - такую заковыристую мелодию они выводят в куплете :))

  37. N.... F....

    Great tune. Might well have inspired Benny, Bjorn and Tim Rice with THE ARBITER in Chess!

    N.... F....

    It did actually part of the melody of I Am The City is used in The Arbiter

  38. D.... C....

    love the city

  39. c.... ....

    abba leads the way through the pop avenues.

    c.... ....

    cosmicdrifter287 q https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/56.06,-3.23 y

    c.... ....

    "abba leads the way through the pop avenues..." that was brilliantly articulated! Nice job! : )

    c.... ....

    @Todd Craig That's not true: abba doesn't lead to anything, ABBA is the way to everything!

  40. Z.... ....

    Really has that 80's feel

  41. F.... A....

    they also have "should i laugh or cry" great track, with the girls singing with a haunting style of harmony. its also one of the last tracks too.

    F.... A....

    Should I Laugh Or Cry was recorded during the sessions for The Visitors in 1981 it was always intended for that album, it definitely should have been included as thankfully it was on all the various re-issues of the album.

  42. J.... D....

    I love to travel, so this song is perfect for me, it's epic I have to agree :).

  43. b.... ....

    love the synth---classic Roland Jupiter 8, one of my favorites.

  44. O.... M....

    this song sounds like to me of dose your mother know from voulez vous & a little of the visitors the title track in chorus part.

  45. s.... ....

    Bogota, Colombia is present

  46. T.... R....

    I was thinking of several cities like this... NYC, LA, Chicago, Baltimore, and Las Vegas!

  47. M.... U....

    like this!!!

  48. W.... R....

    very 6 good last song of Abba: Under atack, the day before you came, Casandra, you owe me one, just like that and i am the city. sounds very 80,s song especialy: Under atack, you owe one, i am the city and just like
    that.

  49. A.... H....

    This is a wonderful song ! So beautiful...so much variety of tunes....not a boring song...very bubbling, revitalizing...

  50. s.... s....

    @davidatcuwclubnet imagin they made a 9th album, and it became a real hit, wold abba have cintinued?

  51. H.... B....

    This song describes Las Vegas to a T.

  52. D.... C....

    one of ABBA's hidden all time greats in my opinion... `I AM THE CITY`