Chess - I Know Him So Well Lyrics

1988 Broadway
Chess the Musical - I Know Him So Well Lyrics

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 long.
Looking back I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know I know him well

Wasn't it good?
Wasn't he fine?
Isn't it madness
He can't be mine?

SVETLANA:
Oh so good
Oh so fine

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 completely on your side
And though I move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide.

FLORENCE:
Looking back I could
Have played things
Some other way

SVETLANA:
Looking back I could
Have played it
Differently

Learned about the man
Before I fell

FLORENCE:
I was just a little
Careless maybe

SVETLANA:
But I was
Ever so much
Younger then
Now at least

FLORENCE:
Now at least
I know him well

BOTH:
I know I know him well

SVETLANA:
Wasn't it good?
Wasn't he fine?
Isn't it madness

FLORENCE:
Oh so good
Oh so fine

BOTH:
He won't be mine?
Didn't I know
How it would go?
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?

SVETLANA:
Wasn't it good?
Wasn't he fine?

FLORENCE:
Isn't it madness
He won't be mine?

SVETLANA:
He won'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:
It took time to understand him

BOTH:
I know him so well

Review: Chess the Musical Songs Lyrics
I Know Him So Well Lyrics Chess the Musical

Chess the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
The Story of Chess
Merano
Commie Newspapers
Press Conference
Anatoly & Molokov
Where I Want to Be
Diplomats
The Arbiter
Hymn to Chess
Merchandisers
The Arbiter (Reprise)
Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility)
Florence and Molokov
1956 – Budapest is Rising
Nobody's Side
Mountain Duet
Florence Quits
Pity the Child
Embassy Lament
Heaven Help My Heart
Anatoly and the Press
Anthem
One Night in Bangkok
One More Opponent
You and I
The Soviet Machine
The Interview
Someone Else's Story
The Deal
I Know Him So Well
Talking Chess
Endgame
You and I (Reprise)
Anthem (Reprise)