The Russian and Molokov: Where I Want to Be
Tim Rice
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"the man is utterly mad
You're playing a lunatic"
"that's the problem
He's a brilliant lunatic
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 that He's not a lunatic at all."
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 wont get it back
Nonsense
Why do my seconds always want to believe
Third rate propaganda
My friend please relax
We're all on your side
You know how you need us
I don't need my army of so-called
Advisors and helpers to tell me
The man who revitalised chess singlehanded
Is more or less out of his brain
When it's very clear he's sane
Listen, we don't underestimate anyone
We won't get caught in that trap
Afterall
Winning or losing reflects on us all
Ah, don't give me that crap
I win, No-one else does
And I take the rap if I lose
It's not quite that simple
The whole world's tuned in
We're all on display
We're not merely sportsmen
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 their obsessions
Hopes became needs
Lovers possessions
Then they move in
Oh so dicreetly
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 wanna be and who I wanna 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 they always knew I'd fall
When the crazy wheel slow 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 wanna be and who I wanna 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 they always knew I'd fall
When the crazy wheel slows down
Where will I be
Back where I started