Absent Friend
Place: 10
(Total Score: 6)
Lyrics:
A night of spring is a lovely thing\\nBut I feel sad in this night of spring\\nFor this is the time the sloe gets bright\\nAnd this is a most bewitching night\\nAnd I am lonely and you are far\\nAnd you can't hear what I sing\\n\nI wish I knew where you are tonight\\nI wish you're thinking of me tonight\\nWhere are you tonight?\\nI wish you feel how I long for you\\nAnd I wish you're missing me too\\nAnd I wish I knew where to go\\nKnowing you\\nKnowing you\\n\nWe ought to walk where the cowslips grow\\nBehind the hedge of candescent sloe\\nAnd you ought to smile and look at me\\nAnd I ought to kiss you tenderly\\nBut I don't know if you still are mine\\nThis lovely evening of spring\\n\nI wish I knew where you are tonight\\nI wish you're thinking of me tonight\\nWhere are you tonight?\\n\nI wish you feel how I long for you\\nAnd I wish you're missing me too\\nAnd I wish I knew where to go\\nKnowing you\\nKnowing you\\n\nTonight
After a year of absence, Sweden competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the opera singer Ingvar Wixell, and the song "Absent Friend" (originally "Annorstädes vals") composed by Dag Wirén. For the first time, one singer sang all the songs in the national final, and Ingvar was also the first male singer to represent Sweden. It was the first ESC entry that was not performed in the country's native language; this led to the introduction of a language restriction the following year.The contest was held in Naples that year, and Sweden finished 10th out of 18.*
Overall Final Postion: 10
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