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Nina, Pretty Ballerina

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Nina, Pretty Ballerina Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Every day in the morning on her way to the office
You can see her as she catches a train
Just a face among a million faces
Just another woman with no name
Not the girl you'd remember but she's still something special
If you knew her I am sure you'd agree
Because I know she's got a little secret
Friday evening she turns out to be

[Chorus]
Nina, pretty ballerina
Now she is the queen of the dancing floor
This is the moment she's waited for
Just like Cinderella (Just like Cinderella)
Nina, pretty ballerina
Who'd ever think she could be this way?
This is the part that she likes to play
But she knows the fun would go away
If she would play it every day

[Verse 2]
So she's back every morning to her work at the office
And another week to live in a dream
And another row of early mornings
In an almost never-ending stream
Doesn't talk very often, kind of shy and uncertain
Everybody seems to think she's a bore
But they wouldn't know her little secret
What her Friday night would have in store
[Chorus]
Nina, pretty ballerina
Now she is the queen of the dancing floor
This is the moment she's waited for
Just like Cinderella (Just like Cinderella)
Nina, pretty ballerina
Who'd ever think she could be this way?
This is the part that she likes to play
She would like to play it every day
Nina, pretty ballerina
Now she is the queen of the dancing floor
This is the moment she's waited for
Just like Cinderella (Just like Cinderella)
Nina, pretty ballerina
Who'd ever think she could be this way?
This is the part that she likes to play...

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Nina, Pretty Ballerina is a song recorded in November 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA, and released in 1973. It was issued on 7" vinyl record in Austria and France to promote the band’s debut album Ring Ring, and later in the Philippines and Kenya. It reached #8 on the singles chart in Austria.

The song was also the theme song of Sirius talk-show host Lynn Samuels. Lynn Samuels only played “Nina, Ballerina,” as she called it, on Friday, to reward herself for working all week, when she was on Sirius Radio in New York.

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Recorded At
Metronome Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Europa Film Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; KMH Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Release Date
October 1973
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