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FOR CHESS PRODUCTIONS PRESENT C H E S S the lyrics the musical by BENNY ANDERSON TIM RICE BJORN ULVAEUS ACT ONE THE STORY OF CHESS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Each game of chess means there's one less Variation left to be played Each day got through means one or two Less mistakes remain to be made Not much is know Of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report That fifteen hundred years ago two princes fought, Thought brothers, for a Hindu throne Their mother cried For no one really likes their offspring fighting to the death She begged them stop the slaughter with her every breath But sure enough one brother died Sad beyond belief She told her winning son You have caused such grief I can't forgive this evil thing you've done He tried to explain How things had really been But he tried in vain No words of his could mollify the queen And so he asked The wisest men he knew The way to lessen her distress They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress By using model soldiers on A chequered board to show it was his brother's fault They thus invented chess Chess displayed no inertia Soon spread to Persia, then west Next the Arabs refiend it, Thus redesigned, it progressed Still further yet And when Constantinopole fell in 1453 One would have noticed every other refugee Included in his bags a set Once in the hands And in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance Through all of Europe's vital lands Where we must record The game was further changed Right across the board The western touch upon the pieces ranged King and queen and rook And bishooop, knight and pawn All took on the look We know today, the modern game was born With such success We see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan And boosted in the main by what is now Iran Reach every corner of the globe with nation Squaring up to nation to determine, no holds barred, Who owns, who made, who will parade The campion of chess MERANO ÄÄÄÄÄÄ CITIZENS O light the heart That lingers in Merano Merano! The spa no Connoisseur of spas would miss So healthy Highly recommended Is this sweet metropolis Mental and physical bliss! The goods have smiled And bless-ed is Merano Merano! There are no Fitter burghers to be found Such vigour! Take the time to taste us We'll give you a welcome that's typically Tirol For then we are sure of our ground Right now we're Italian - we used to be German The border keeps shifting around. MAYOR Speaking as one of the patriarchs I don't mind taking your lira or marks CITIZENS Oh I get high when I saunter by the mountains of Merano Rosy-cheeked Merano Flourishing to a fault The sparkling streams, the bracing air The therapeutic salt I'd have to be carried away to call a halt! Oh I feel great in this bouncing state O hail to thee Merano Hearty hale Merano Any objections? Nein! Where breathing in will turn you on Where water tastes like wine Get out your get up and go and get in line It's living your life in a show by Rodgers & Hammerstain! O sad the soul Who passes by Merano Merano! So far no Soul has ever passed us by They love us Why not stay forever? Oh so many reasons why All those in favour say "Aye" Aye! So sing our song Let's hear it for Merano Merano! Soprano Alto, tenor, bass agree We're wholesome What a happy haven This is a place where your arteries soften Cholesterol hasn't a chance From mountain to valley the natural goodness Is fighting pollutions's advance MAYOR So come to us an d feel the force All major credit cards taken of course CITIZENS Oh I get high when I saunter by the mountains of Merano Rosy-cheeked Merano Flourishing to a fault The sparkling streams, the bracing air The therapeutic salt I'd have to be carried away to call a halt! Oh I feel great in this bouncing state O hail to thee Merano Hearty hale Merano Any objections? Nein! Where breathing in will turn you on Where water tastes like wine Get out your get up and go and get in line It's living your life in a show by Rodgers & Hammerstain! Now for sell We put the ice into paradise We are the salt of the earth Sound as a bell Check out the waters And check out the hygiene At which we excel Check into a hotel And schnell Body and soul get well! WHERE I WANT TO BE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ANATOLY Who needs a dream? Whoo needs ambition? Who'd be the fool In my position? Once I had dreams Now they're obsessions Hopes became needs Lovers possessions Then they move in Oh so discreetly Slowly at first Smiling too sweetly I open doors They walked right through them Called me their friend I hardly knew them Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all Running for my life and never looking back in case there's someone right behind to shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall When the crazy wheel slows down Where will I be? Back where I started Don't get me wrong I'mnot complaining Times have been good Fast, entertaining But what's the point If I'm concealing Not only love All other feeling? Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all Running for my life and never looking back in case there's someone right behind to shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall When the crazy wheel slows down Where will I be? Back where I started THE ARBITER'S CHAMBERS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ DELEGATES (both American & Russian) It's the US versus USSR Yet we more or less are - No-one can deny that these difficult times - to our credit putting all that aside We have swallowed our pride These are very dangerous and difficult times It really doesn't matter who comes out on top Who gets the chop No-one's way of life is threatened by a flop - But we're gonna smash their bastard! Make him wanna change him name Make him to the cleaners and devastate him Wipe him out, humiliate him We don't want the whole world saying They can't even win a game We have never reckoned On coming second There's no use in losing It's the red flag up against stars and stripes But we're peace-loving types No-one can deny that these difficult times... It's a sweet hail-fellow-well-met affair For both eagle and bear These are very dangerous and difficult times To those that say that this is not a friendly clash Don't be so rash! I assure you comrades that is balderdash What a load of whingeing peasants! Thinking they can win - they can't! What an exebition of self-delusion This one's a foregone conclusion But enough of all this beating Round the bushes of detente We intend to collar The Yankee dollar We sahll thrash them Thrash them The value of events like this need not be stressed When East and West Can meet as brothers, ease the tension over drinks Through sporting links As long as their man sinks ARBITER I've a duty as the referee At the start of the match On behalf of all our sponsors I must welcome you Which I do - there's a catch I don't care if you're a champion No-one messes with me I am ruthless in upholding What I know is right Black or white - as you'll see I'm on the case Can't be fooled Any objection Is overrulled Yes I'm the Arbiter and I know best CHORUS He's impartial, don't push him he's unimpressed ARBITER You got your tricks Good for yo But there's no gambit I don't see through Oh I'm the Arbiter I know the score ARBITER + CHORUS From square one I'll be watching all 64 ARBITER If yo're thinking of the kind of thing That we've seen in the past Chanting gurus, walkie-talkies Walkouts, hyponotists, Tempers, fists - not so fast This is not the start of World War Three No political ploys I think both your constitutions are terrific so Now you know - be good boys I'm on the case Can't be fooled Any objection Is overrulled Yes I'm the Arbiter and I know best He's impartial, don't push him - he's unimpressed MERCHANDISERS Whether you are pro or anti Or could not care less We are here to tell you We are here to sell you chess Not a chance of you escaping from our wiles We've locked the doors, we've blocked the aisles We've a franchise worth exploting And we will - yes we will! When it comes to merchandising We could kill When you get up - When youget up in the morning Till you crash at night Youwill have to live your life With bishop, rook and knight Clean your teeth with chequered toothpaste Wear our vests Our kings and queens on bouncing breast You could even buy a set And lean to play We don't mind we'll sell you something Anyway We've done all our market research And our findings show That this game of chess could be around A month or so Maybe it's a bit confusing For a game But Rubik's Cubes were much the same In the end the whole world bought one All were gone By which time we merchandisers Had moved on By which time we had moved on! QUARTET (A MODEL OF DECORUM AND TRANQUILLITY) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ MOLOKOV We wish, no must, make our disgust At this abuse perfectly clear We're here to shess - are US? If so, why foul the atmosphere? FLORENCE I must protest - our delegation has a host of a valid points to raise Our player's sporting attitude's beyond all praise As any neutral would attest But we concende The fact his masters bend the rules is not a player's fault We'll overlook their crude political assault And under protest will proceed MOLOKOV ARBITER If you man's so sweet I call this tune Then why his fighting talk? No-one's immune If he's not a cheat To my power Then why on earth In this hall Did he go take a walk? Why let him loose? FLORENCE He'll soon reduce I am not surprised This great event He wanted fresher air To a brawl Once he realised There was no hope It's very sad Of your lot plaing fair To see the ancient and Distinguished game How sad to see That used to be What used to be ARBITER + FLORENCE A model of decorum and tranquillity Become like any other sport A battleground for rival ideologies To slug it out with glee ANATOLY MOLOKOV Trough the elegant yelling We wish, no must, Of this compelling Make our disgust Dispute At this abuse perfectly clear Comes the ghastly suspicion We're here to shess - My opposition's are US? A fruit If so why foul the atmosphere? FLORENCE ARBITER I don't suppose I must insist You understand the strain and That you desist pressure getting where he's got If you value For then you'd simply call him Your livelihood higly-strung and not Imply that he was one of those MOLOKOV It seems to us ANATOLY There's little point in waiting But how can you here all night for his return Work for one who And since a peaceful match is Treats you like dirt? our sole concern Pay must be good We won't make an official fuss FLORENCE In short we rise I'm not getting rich Above your guy's My only interest Tantrums, dramas, Is in something which Dirty tricks Gives me the chance Of working with the best ARBITER Get this straight, I ANATOLY Will not stand by I can only say While you play at I hope your dream comes true Politics Till that far-off day I hope you cope ARBITER & MOLOKOV With helping number two It's very sad To see the ancient and ANATOLY & FLORENCE distingushed game How sad That used to be To see ALL A model of decorum and tranquillity Become like any other sport A battleground for rival ideologies To slug it out with glee NOBODY'S SIDE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ FLORENCE What's going on around me Is barely making sense I need some explanations fast I see my present partner In the imperfect tense And I don't think that we can last I feel I need a change of cast Maybe I'm on nobody side And when he gives me reasons To justify each move They're getting harder to belive I know this can't continue I've still a lot to prove But I don't have the nerve to leave Everybody's playing the game But nobody'd rules are the same Nobody's on nobody's side Better learn to go it alone Recognize you're uot on your own Nobody's on nobody's side The one I should not think of Keeps rolling through my mind And I don't want to let that go No lover's ever faithful No contact truly signed There's nothing ceratin left to know And how the cracks begin to show! Never make a promise or plan Take a little love where you can Nobody's on nobody's side Never stay too long in your bed Never lose your heart use your head Nobody's on nobody's side Never take a stranger's advice Never let a friend fool you twice Nobody's on nobody's side Never be the first to belive Never be the first to deceive Nobody's on nobody's side And never leave a moment to soon Never waste a hot afternoon Nobody's on nobody's side Never stay a minute too long Don't forget the best will go wrong Nobody's on nobody's side Better learn to go it alone Recognize you're out on your own Nobody's on nobody's side MOUNTAIN DUET ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ FLORENCE This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid Nothing I say will convince him it isn't a trick ANATOLY A walk on a clear moonlit night - I relax, she smiles There's something peculiar going on FLORENCE So, through my own stupid fault I'm stuck here to carry the can Embarrassed, deserted, marooned ANATOLY Now she can't be working for them - I mean us - She seems so very stringhtforward - but where is he? ÄÄ FLORENCE He has to turn up - it's not just the money - perhaps it is! ANATOLY Maybe he's scared - just a scared as he was in the game FLORENCE Oh I just couldn't care less He can go right ahead, go and wreck his career, I know I've done my best ANATOLY Well at least she's a good-looking spy FLORENCE What if our Russian friend thinks that my plans Have nothing to do with the chess? If I don't say something and soon He'll go - Nobody's on Nobody's side! ANATOLY Listen, I hate to break up the mood Get to the point, begin the beguine Haven't you noticed we are one charecter short In this idylic, well-produced scene? FLORENCE He couldn't wait to join you up here Maybe he walked, cable-cars scare him ANATOLY Never mind him - I haven't missed him so far FLORENCE Maybe it won't do any harm To struglle on without his charm ANATOLY Funny how at all I fell that he can go jump off the mountain I won't care FLORENCE This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid ANATOLY My dear opponent - I really can't imagine why FLORENCE So I am not dangerous then? - what a shame! ANATOLY Oh you're dangerous - who could think that of you? FLORENCE + ANATOLY You - you are so strange - why can't you be what you ought to be? You should be scheming, intriguing, yoo clever by half - ANATOLY I have to hand it to you For you've managed to make me forget why I ever agreed to this farce FLORENCE + ANATOLY I don't know why I can't think of anything I would rather do Than be wasting my time on mountains with you PITY THE CHILD ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ FREDERIC When I was nine I learned survival Taught myself not to care I was my single good companion Taking my comfort there Up in my room I planned my conquests On my own, never asked for helping hand No-one would understand I never asked the pair who fought below Just in case they said no Pity the child who has ambition Knows what he wants to do Knows that he'll never fit the system Others expect him to Pity the child who knew his parents Saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes Pity the child that wise He never asked did I cause your distress? Just in case they said yes When I was twelve my father moved out Left with a whimper not with a shout I didn't miss him he made it perfectly clear I was a fool and probably queer Fool that I was I thought this would bring Those he had left closer together She made her move the moment he crawled away i was the last the woman told She never let her bed get cold Someone moved in - I shut my door Someone to treat her just the same way as before I took the road of least resistance I had my game to play I had the skill, and more - the hunger If he's prepared to pay Pity insted the careless mother What she missed What she lost when she let me go And I wonder does she know I wouldn't call - a crazy thing to do Just in case she said who? EMBASY LAMENT/HEAVEN HELP MY HEART ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ CIVIL SERVANTS Oh my dear how boring he's defecting Just like all the others he's expecting Us to be impressed with what he's done here But he hsan't stopped to think about The paperwork his gesture causes We've an embasy to run here If these people can't strike blows for freedom With a valid visa we don't need'em If we seem offhand then please remember This is hothing very special You're the fourth we've had since last November Who do these foregin chappies think they sre? And then he's safely in the West He'll be the hero to discuss The media will lionise him Fame and fortune plus No-one will recall It's thanks to us Have you an appointment with the counsul? If you don't we know what his response'll Be, he will not see you, with respect it Buggers up his very taxing schedule Pushing peace and understanding Let us hope this won't affect it Far too many jokers cross the border Not a single document in order Russia must be empty. Though we're all for Basic human rights, it makes you wonder What they built the Berlin wall for Who do these foreing chappies think they are? And when you've filled in all the forms And been passed clear of all disiase Debriefed debugged dedrugged disarmed And disinfected, please Don't forget the guys who cut your keys FLORENCE If it were love I would give that love every second I had And I do Do I know where he'll lead me to? Did I plan Doing all of this for the love of a man? Well I let it happen anyhow And what I feeling now Has no easy explanation, reason plays no part Heaveh help my heart I love him too much What if he saw my whole existence Turning around a word, a smile, a touch? One of these days, and it won't be long, he'll know more about me Then he should All my dreams will be understood No surprise Nothing more to learn from the look in my eyes Don't you know that time is not my friend? I'll fight it to the end Hoping to keep that best of moments When the passion start Heaven help my heart The day that I find Suddenly I've run out of secrets Suddenly I'm not always on his mind Maybe it's best to love a stranger Well that's what I've done - heaven help my heart Heaven help my heart ANTHEM ÄÄÄÄÄÄ ANATOLY No man, no madness Though their sad power may prevail Can posses, coquer, my coyntry's heart They rise to fail She is eternal Long before nation's lines were drawn When no flags flew, when no armies stood My land was born And you ask me why I love her Through wars, death and despair She is the constant, we who don't care And you wonder will I leave her - but how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now How can I leave her? Where would I start? Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart My land's only borders lie around my heart ACT TWO ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ FREDERICK Bangkok! Oriental setting And the city don't know what the city is getting The creme de la creme of the chess world in a Show with everything but Yul Brynner Time files! Doesn't seem a minute Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it All change! Don't you know that when you Play at this level there's no ordinary venue It's Iceland - or the Phillippines - or Hasting - or - or this place! CHORUS One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden cloister And if you're lucky then the god's she I can feel an angel sliding up to me FREDERICK One town's very like another When your head's down over pieces, brother CHORUS It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity To be looking at the board, not looking at the city FREDERICK Whaddya mean? You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town, you've - CHORUS Tea, girls, warm, sweet Some are set up in the Somerser Mugham suite FREDERICK Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist Whose every move's among the purest I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine CHORUS One night in Bangkok makes a hard mean humble Not much between despair and ectasy One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Can't be too careful with you rcompany I can feel the devil walking next to me FREDERICK Sian's gonna be the witness To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness This grips me more than would a Muddy old river or reclining Buddah And thank God I'm only watching the game - controlling it - I don't see you guys raiting The kind of mate I'm contemplating I'd let you watch, I would invite you So you'd better go back to your bars, you tempes, your massage parlours CHORUS One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden cloister And if you're lucky then the god's she I can feel an angel sliding up to me One night in Bangkok makes a hard mean humble Not much between despair and ectasy One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Can't be too careful with you rcompany I can feel the devil walking next to me THE SOVIET MACHINE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ MOLOKOV Comrades - Just in case you feel a trace Of doubt or even nervous tension Let em drawn the latest score To your attention Not the score the witless corps Of commentators are debating Come, admit - who gives a shit For Elo rating? No I prefer and I'm sure you concur To see who's ahead Psyhologically For exapmple: We have on tap an instructable chap Whose thoughts never stray From the state of the play Whereas - It's so difficult to concentrate if You have left your native Country for a woman who has plans of her own It's not easy for chap to excel Feeling guilty as hell Having left his wife to face the music alone But even worse, imagine if this ladies met Well then I bet The atmosphere round here would be a little strained As he explained How he could do what he's done to those two Most wonderful girls "Yes I love you both!" CRONIES Most amusing! MOLOKOV Starting from scratch they'll torpedo his match His horse-power dead On the board and in bed MOLOKOV + CRONIERS Bit by the pieces fit The Soviet machine advances Not one move that won't improve Our nation's chances We predict a stunning victory Both on the board and off it This will show the traitor no-one Rats with profit Oh we're gonna smash that bastard! Make him wanna change his name Take him to the cleaners and devaste him Wipe him out, humiliate him We don't want the whole world saying They can't even win a game We have never reckoned on coming second There's no use in loosing We can feel the flame of triumph burning Our people's pride returning Bit by bit the pieces fit The soviet machine advances Not one move that won't improve Our nation's chances From Moscow to the Bering Straits Citizens will hail our victory In Arctic circles frozen states Will join with warner climes in reverly And I can say of this affair I was there, did my share, played my part And Russians all will be aware I was there, from the start Mmm - mmm I KNOW HIM SO WELL ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ FLORENCE Nothing is so good it lasts eternally Perfect situations must go wrong But this has never yet prevented me Wanting far too much for far too lonjg Looking bzck I could have played it differently Won a few more moments, who can tell? But it toook time to understand the man Now at least I know him well Wasn't it good? SVETLANA Oh so good FLORENCE Wasn't he fine? SVETLANA Oh so fine FLORENCE Isn't it madness BOTH He can't be mine? FLORENCE But in the end he needs a little bit more than me]More security SVETLANA He needs his fantasy and freedom FLORENCE I know him so well SVETLANA No-one in your life is with you constantly No-one is completly on your side And though I move my world to be with him Still the gap between us is too wide Looking back I could have played it differently Leraned about the man before I fell But I was ever so much younger then Now at least - FLORENCE Looking back I could have played things some other way I was just a little careless maybe Now at least I know him well BOTH I know I know him well SVETLANA Wasn't it good? FLORENCE Oh so good SVETLANA Wasn't he fine? FLORENCE Oh so fine SVETLANA Isn't it madness BOTH He won't be mine? Didn't I know How it would go? If I knew from the start Why an I falling apart? SVETLANA Wan't it good? Wan't he fine? FLORENCE Isn't it madness BOTH He won't be mine? FLORENCE But in the end he needs a little bit more than me - More security SVETLANA He need his fantasy freedom FLORENCE I know him so well SVETLANA It took tome to understand him BOTH I know him so well END GAME CHORUS Morphy, Andersen, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euve, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fitcher, Karpov, Kasparov MOLOKOV How straightforward the game When one has trust in one's player And how great the relief Working for one who believes in Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind come what may WALTER Though it gives me no joy Adding to your satisfastion You can safely assume Your late unlamented employee Knows if he wins then the only thing won is the chess MOLOKOV It's the weak who accept Tawdry untruths about freedom Prostituting htemselves Chasing a spurios starlight Trinkets in airports sufficient to lead them astray. FLORENCE Does the player exist In any human endeavour Who's been know to resist Sirens of fame and possesions? Nothing can harm the successful except for success CHORUS 1956 - Budapest is rising fighting falling dying ANATOLY The all think they see a man Who doesn't know Which move to make Which way to go Whose private life Caused his decipline Wrecked his grand design Some are vicious, some are fools And others blind To see in me One of their kind Anyone can be A husband, lover Sooner them than me When htey discover Their domestic bliss is Shelter for their falling Nothing could be worse Than self denial Having rehearse The endless trial Of a partner's rather sad Demands prevailing SVETLANA As you watch yourself carring About a minor sporting trimph, sharing Your win with esoterics, Paranoids, hysterics Who don't pay attantion to What goes on around them They leave the ones they love the way they found them A normal person must Dismiss you with disgust And weep for those who trusted you ANOTOLY Nothing you have said Is revelation Take my blues as read My consolation - Finding out at last my one true obligation! FLORENCE Since you seem to have shut out The world at large then maybe I should cut out My tiny inessential World, incosequential In the kind of games you're playing How do you do it? I tried to be that cynical but blew it I only changed your life You let your home, your wife I'm not surprised I slipped your mind ANATOLY Nothing you have said Is revelation Take my blues as read My consolation - Finding out at last my one true obligation! SVETLANA + FLORENCE + CROWD Listen to them shout! They saw youdo it In thier minds no doubt That you've been trought it Suffered for you art but In the and a winner We have never heard Such an ovation Who could not be stired? Such dedication Skill and gust a model For the young beginner They're completely enchanted But they don't take your qualites for granted It isn't very often That the critics soften Nonetheless you've won their hearts How can we begin to Appreciate the work that you've put into Your calling through the years The blood and sweat and tears The late, late nights, the early starts There they go again! Your deeds inflame them Drive them wild, but then Who wants to tame them? If they want a part of you Who'd really blame them? ANATOLY And so you're letting me know - FLORENCE And you're the only one who's never suffered anything at all ANATOLY How you've hated my success - SVETLANA Well I won't crawl - And youcan sink back to your pawns and to your tarts ANSATOLY And every poisoned word shows that you never understood SVETLANA Liar! ANATOLY Never! SVETLANA Liar! ANATOLY Never! FLORENCE Liar! ANATOLY Never! SVETLANA + FLORENCE Liar! ANATOLY Never! Never! ANATOLY, FLORENCE, SVETLANA Nothing you have said Is revelation Take my blues as read My consolation - SVETLANA + FLORENCE Finding out htat I'm my only obligation ANATOLY Is there no-one in my life Who will no claim The right to steal My work, my name My success, my fame And my freedom? YOU AND I ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ FLORENCE This is an all too familiar scene ANATOLY Life imperceptibly coming between BOTH Those whose love is as strong as it could or should be FLORENCE I'd give the world to stay just as we are It's better by far BOTH Not to be too wise Not to realise There was truth and there were lies ANATOLY Knowing I want you Knowing I love you I can't explain Why I remain Careless about you FLORENCE I've been a fool to allow Dreams to become great expectations ANATOLY How can I love you so much yet make no move? BOTH I pray the days and nights In their endles weary procession Soon overwhelm my sad obsession You and I We've seen it all Chasing our hearts' desire But we go on pretending Storyes like ours Havve happy endings ANATOLY You could not give me More than yougave me Why should there be somthing in me So discontented? FLORENCE I won't look back anymore And if I do - just for a moment ANATOLY I'll soon be bappy to say I knew you when BOTH But if you hear today I'm no longer quite so devoted To this affair, I've been misquoted You and I We've seen it all Chasing our hearts' desire But we go on pretending Storyes like ours Havve happy endings