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Chess - Where I Want to Be Lyrics |
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1988 Broadway
Chess the Musical - Where I Want to Be Lyrics
MOLOKOV:
The man is utterly mad -- you're playing a lunatic
THE RUSSIAN:
That's the problem.
He's a brilliant lunatic and you can't tell which way
he'll jump -- like his game he's impossible
To analyse -- you can't dissect him,
predict him -- which of course means he's not a lunatic at all.
MOLOKOV:
What we've just seen's a pathetic display
From a man who's beginning to crack
He's afraid
He knows he isn't the player he was
And he won't get it back
THE RUSSIAN:
Nonsense!
Why do my seconds
Always want to believe
Third-rate propaganda --
MOLOKOV:
My friend, please relax
We're all on your side
You know how you need us --
THE RUSSIAN:
I don't need my army of so-called 'advisors'
And helpers to tell me
The man who's revitalised chess single-handed
Is more or less out of his brain
When it's very clear
He's sane
MOLOKOV:
Listen, we don't underestimate anyone
We won't get caught in that trap
After all, winning or losing reflects on us all --
THE RUSSIAN:
Oh don't give me that crap!
I win -- no one else does
And I take the rap if I lose
MOLOKOV:
It's not quite that simple
The whole world's tuned in
We're all on display
We're not merely sportsmen --
THE RUSSIAN:
Oh please don't start spouting that old party line
Yes I know it's your job but
Just get out and get me a chess-playing second
In thirty-six hours we begin
That is if you want to win!
Who needs a dream?
Who 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 opened 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'm not 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.
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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)
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