Differences between original ABBA songs _{in bold} and Mamma Mia! songs _{in red}

ORIGINAL I have A Dream---

Honey Honey---
"honey honey, how he thrills me, a-ha, honey honey"---
"honey honey, how you thrill me, a-ha, honey honey"---
"honey honey, nearly kills me, a-ha, honey honey"
"honey honey, nearly kill me, a-ha, honey honey"
"I'd heard about him before"
"I'd heard about you before"
"and now I know what they mean, he's a love machine"
"and now I know what they mean, you're a love machine"
"oh, he makes me dizzy"
"oh, you make me dizzy"
"you want me to say the least you're a dot dot beast"
"and honey to say the least, you're a dog-gone beast"
"and now I'm about to see what you mean to me"
"and now I know what they mean, you're a love machine"

Money Money Money---
"and if he happened to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me"---
"and if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me"---

Thank You For The Music---
"if I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before"---
"when I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before"---

Fernando---

Mamma Mia---
"I was cheated by you and I think you know when"---
"I've been cheated by you since I don't know when"---
"mamma mia, here I go again. my my, how can I resist ya? "
"mamma mia, here I go again. my my, how can I resist you?"
"mamma mia, does it show again? my my, just how much I've missed ya? "
"mamma mia, does it show again? my my, just how much I've missed you"
"my my, I should not have let you go"
"my my, I could never let you go"
"I was angry and sad when I knew we were through"
"I've been angry and sad about things that you do"
"I can't count all the times I have cried over you"
"I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through"

Chiquitita---
"I have never seen such sorrow"---
"you're enchained by your own sorrow"---
"in your eyes and the wedding is tomorrow"
"in your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow"
"try once more like I did before sing a new song, Chiquitita"
"try once more like you did before sing a new song, Chiquitita"

Dancing Queen---
"diggin' the dancing queen"---
"dig in the dancing queen"---

Lay All Your Love One Me---
"now every man that I see is a potential threat"---
"now every woman I see is a potential threat"---

Super Trouper---
"so imagine I was glad to hear you're coming suddenly it feels all right"---
"so imagine I was glad to hear you're coming suddenly I feel all right"---

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!---
"is there a man out there, someone to hear my prayer"---
"there's not a soul out there, no one to hear my prayer"---

The Name Of The Game---
"only a day since we started"---
"only a week since we started"---
"I'm a curious child, beginning to grow"
"I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow"
"I'll talk to your mother tonight"
"your smile and the sound of your voice / I was an impossible case"
"gotta trust me I'm doing what's right"
"got a feeling you give me no choice / but I think I can see in your face"
"and it means a lot"
"that it means a lot"
"do you feel the way I do? I wanna know"
"could you feel the same way too? I wanna know"

Voulez Vous---

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! / Mamma Mia! / Lay All Your Love On Me---

Under Attack---
"they're on my track, three dads, one lover"---
"he's on my track, my chasing lover"---
"thinking nothing's gonna stop them now"
"thinking nothing can stop him now"
"this is getting crazy I should tell them so"
"this is getting crazy, I should tell him so"
"really let my anguish show"
"really let my anger show"
"I feel like I was trapped within a nightmare I've got nowhere to go"
"persuade him that the answer to his questions is a definite no"
"yes, it's what I wanted but I'm still scared as hell"
"guess I'm kind of flattered but I'm scared as well"
"staring down the deepest well"
"something like a magic spell"

One Of Us---
"because of your robbing me of my rightful chances"---
"you were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances"---
"but then you dealt me the blow"
"and so I dealt you the blow"
"how you hurt me, I want you to know"
"now it's different, I want you to know"

SOS---
"you seem so far away though you are standing near"---
"you seemed so far away though you were standing near"---

Does Your Mother Know?---
"so you're blue but I can't take a chance on a kid like you"---
"so you're blue but I can't take a chance on a chick like you"---
"it's something I wouldn't do"
"it's something I couldn't do"
"but boy you're only a child"
"but girl you're only a child"
"well I could dance with you honey if you think it's funny but does your mother know that you're out"
"well I could dance with you honey if you think it's funny does your mother know that you're out"
"and I could chat with you baby flirt a little maybe but does your mother know that you're out"
"and I could chat with you baby flirt a little maybe does your mother know that you're out"
"take it easy better slow down boy"
"take it easy better slow down girl"
"take it easy try to cool it boy play it nice and slow"
"take it easy try to cool it girl take it nice and slow"
"but boy you're only a child"
"but girl you're only a child"

Knowing You Knowing Me---
"this is how the story ends this is goodbye"---
"here is where the story ends this is goodbye"---


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