Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, and Bjorn Ulvaeus

THE AMERICAN:

 So you got what you want

 What a nasty ambition!

 Set me up, pull me down

 Then exploit my condition

 I should have guessed, woman

 That if pressed, woman

 You're on nobody's side but your own

 And you're behaving

 Like a mere woman

 It's so clear, woman --

 It's your sex!

 Once they start getting old and getting worried

 They let fly, take it out

 On the one who supports them --

 That's you I'm talking about

 THE AMERICAN & FLORENCE:

 Who'd ever think it?

 Such a squalid little ending

 Watching you descending

 Just as far as you can go

 I'm learning things I didn't want to know

 Who'd ever guess it?

 This would be the situation --

 One more observation --

 How'd we ever get this far

 Before you showed me what you really are?

 FLORENCE:

 You'll be lost without me

 To abuse like you're used to

 THE AMERICAN:

 Go away! Just get out! Be someone else's parasite!

 I'm not the kind to be vindictive

 Holding some childish grudge

 How could I be? I'm in the spotlight

 Half of the world my judge

 All I demand is those I work for

 Those I give all my skills

 All my time and pain

 Those that I entertain

 Give me the same compassion in return

 But the fools never learn!