Chess - Talking Chess Lyrics

1988 Broadway
Chess the Musical - Talking Chess Lyrics

FREDDIE:
This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid

ANATOLY:
Then what on earth are you doing?
You could be better employed

FREDDIE:
No. Please hear me out
I think I can help

ANATOLY:
If it's about Florence, I'm warning you-

FREDDIE:
No. It's not about her
Your wife or your kids
Or money or Walter or Molokov

ANATOLY:
What the hell is it?

FREDDIE:
I want to talk chess

ANATOLY:
Chess?

FREDDIE:
Something I've noticed in Viigand
It's his King's Indian Defense
One of the lines he's been trying
Doesn't completely make sense

ANATOLY:
Why? I don't understand

FREDDIE:
I told you his King's Indian-

ANATOLY:
No, I don't understand why you're helping me

FREDDIE:
Because I love chess
Does nobody else?
Jesus, sometimes I think I'm the only one
How can you let mediocrity win?

ANATOLY:
What about Florence's father?
My wife and my children?

FREDDIE: (spoken)
Oh, fuck you!

(sung)
You've let them all down already
Win or betray yourself too
You don't want those shits
To get what they want

ANATOLY:
They'll get what they want
They always do

FREDDIE:
No. They won't if you win
Be true to the game
The one thing you know you can count upon

ANATOLY:
What about Florence?

FREDDIE:
The one thing is chess

ANATOLY:
Chess?

FREDDIE: (spoken)
How can you let mediocrity win?
You have one chance left. Win for chess.
You were five one up. Now it's five all. Get a grip

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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)