Cover art for The Piper by ABBA

The Piper

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The Piper Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They came from the hills
And they came from the valleys and the plains
They struggled in the cold
In the heat and the snow and in the rain

[Pre-Chorus]
Came to hear him play
Play their minds away

[Chorus]
We're all following a strange melody
We're all summoned by a tune
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon for him
And we dance beneath the moon

[Post-Chorus]
Sub luna saltamus

[Verse 2]
They came from the south
From the west and the north and from the east
They waited for the man
Like a parish is waiting for the priest
[Pre-Chorus]
Longed to hear him play
Play their minds away

[Chorus]
We're all following a strange melody
We're all summoned by a tune
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon for him
And we dance beneath the moon

[Post-Chorus]
Sub luna saltamus

[Verse 3]
He gave them a dream
He seduced everybody in the land
The fire in his eyes
And the fear was a weapon in his hand

[Pre-Chorus]
So they let him play
Play their minds away
[Chorus]
We're all following a strange melody
We're all summoned by a tune
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon for him
And we dance beneath the moon
And we dance beneath the moon

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The Piper is from the ABBA album Super Trouper. Super Trouper is ABBA’s seventh studio album. The Piper is the third song on Side Two and the eighth song overall.

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Credits
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Assistant Remastering Engineer
Synthesizer
Recorded At
Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Release Date
November 3, 1980
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