Chess lryics flood

[ssurgul]

FREDDIE (on phone to ANATOLY)
Communist, Democrat

ANATOLY
An intriguing collusion

FREDDIE
Fair exchange - tit for tat

ANATOLY
Comradeship in profusion

FREDDIE
And the appeal, partner
Of this deal, partner
Is we all stand to win
You and me, the lady also
Don't break her heart, partner
Just be smart, partner
Throw the match, show your love
Is as pure as snow in Moscow

ANATOLY
Who put you up to this? There's no deal!

ARBITER
So Freddie makes a desperate final play for the woman he hasn't seen for a year

FREDDIE
Silly boy, woman who
I should not have let walk out
There's no hitch
That we two
Can't untangle or talk out

And the appeal, partner
Of this deal, partner
Is we both stand to win
We'll bring back the golden era
Stick with me, Florence
Believe in me, Florence
You don’t know
What they planned for you long ago in Moscow

FLORENCE
Can't you see we've moved on?
Chess has nothing to do with this -

Freddie - Chess isn't life!

FREDDIE
But I've changed - I've grown up! He won't help you! He won't throw the match! I'm telling you the truth, Florence!

FLORENCE & FREDDIE
Who'd ever guess it?
This would be the situation
One more complication
Should be neither here nor there
I wish I had it in me not to care

ANATOLY
Let him spill out his hate
Till he knows he's deserted
There's no point wasting time
Preaching to the perverted

FLORENCE, ANATOLY, FREDDIE & SVETLANA
Who'd ever think it?
No-one makes the moves intended
'Til the game has ended
Then they say I told you so
I'm learning things I didn't want to know

FREDDIE
It can all be different now Florence - I love you!

ARBITER
Everybody's playing the game
But nobody's rules are the same

ALL
Nobody's on nobody's side
Everybody's playing the game
But nobody's rules are the same
Nobody's on nobody's side