It's only chess
It's only chess
Don't be afraid to draw me babe
Girl let's be real
There's nothing wrong
With the way we're carrying on
So enjoy and live
Because
It's only chess doing it's thing baby
It's only chess that we're playing
It's only chess doing it's thing baby
It's only chess that you're playing
I wanna play with you night and day
Until the end of time
It's OK when you lay
Lay your bishop next to mine
Because
It's only chess doing it's thing baby
It's only chess that we're playing
It's only chess doing it's thing baby
It's only chess that you're playing
Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my game
People think I'm insane
Because I am playing all the time
All day long I think of chess
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose this game
If I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah!
I need someone to show me
The moves in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind
Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
This chess to me is so real
And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my statemate
I tell you to enjoy chess
I wish I could but it's checkmate (again!)
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
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
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Monday mornin' - it's time to get up
Two cups of coffee and she runs for the bus
Looks in the window and fixes her hair
Nobody notices and nobody cares
She admits it ain't no kinda life
Workin' 9 to 5 you know...
She's only happy when she's playin'
There ain't no thing she'd rather do
When she's playin'
Just her queen and her pawns and her fantasies
When the evenin' finally rolls around
She grabs a taxi and she heads back home
Goes to a place they call "The Red Hot Pawn"
Nothin' matters until mornin' so she goes insane
Well it's a bitch tryin' to make ends meet
But that's the way the story goes
She's only happy when she's playin'
There ain't nothin' makes her feel so free
When she's playin'
The girl's outrageous and it's plain to see
[Solo]
She ain't got much but she got independence
Ya - she's doin' alright
His eyes are on her as the game is endin'
But she ain't goin' for no rematch
Because nobody rides for free
She's only happy when she's playin'
Playin' - there ain't no thing she'd rather do
When she's playin'
Just her queen and her pawns and her fantasies - playin'
One Night in Bangkok - from Chess the Musical (the London version)
Bangkok, Oriental city
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies, doesnt seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess bars in it
All change, don't you know we're new
plan this settlement with no ordinary menu
Like Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or
Hastings -- or -- or this place!
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 a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
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.
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded,
polluted, stinking town,ya seen 'em all.
Tea, girls, warm and sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest.
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha.
Thank God I'm only watching the game,
Controlling it.
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you.
So you better go back to your bars, your
temples, your massage parlours...
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
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me.
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
The Opening Ceremonies (from Chess - the London Musical)
[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 overruled
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 you
But there's no gambit I don't see through
Oh I'm the Arbiter I know the score
[CHORUS]
From square one he'll be watching all 64
[ARBITER]
If you're thinking of the kind of thing
That we've seen in the past
Chanting gurus, walkie-talkies,
Walkouts, hypnotists,
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 overruled
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 you
But there's no gambit I don't see through
Oh I'm the Arbiter I know the score
[CHORUS]
From square one he'll be watching all 64
[ARBITER]
Yes I'm the Arbiter I know the score
[CHORUS]
From square one he's watching all 64
[DIPLOMATS]
No one can deny that these are difficult times...
It's the U.S. versus U.S.S.R.
Yet we more or less are --
No one can deny that these are difficult times...
-- to our credit putting all that aside
We have swallowed our pride
These are 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 his name
Take 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 U.S. versus U.S.S.R.
Yet we more or less are --
No one can deny that these are difficult times
-- to our credit putting all that aside
We have swallowed our pride
These are very difficult and dangerous times...
The value of events like this need not be stressed
When East and West
Can meet as comrades, ease the tension over drinks
Through sporting links
As long as their man sinks
[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 exploiting
And we will -- yes we will!
When it comes to merchandising
We could kill
When you get up --
When you get up in the morning
Till you crash at night
You will 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 breasts
You could even buy a set
And learn 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!
[ARBITER]
I'm on the case, can't be fooled
Any objection is overruled
Don't try to tempt me -- you've no hope
I don't like women, I don't take dope
I'm the Arbiter I know the score
[CHORUS]
From square one he'll be watching all 64
[ARBITER]
You got your tricks -- good for you
But there is no gambit I don't see through
I'm the Arbiter and I know best
[CHORUS]
He's impartial don't push him he's unimpressed
[ARBITER]
I'm the Arbiter my word is law
[CHORUS]
From square one he'll be watching you...
[EVERYONE]
Don't you find it rather touching to behold
The game that came in from the cold
Seen for what it is -- religion plus finesse
Countries, classes, creeds, as one in
Love of chess
Originally posted by T140Very good.
Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my game
People think I'm insane
Because I am playing all the time
All day long I think of chess
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose this game
If I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah!
I need someone to show me
The moves in life that I can' ...[text shortened]... you now of my statemate
I tell you to enjoy chess
I wish I could but it's checkmate (again!)
Everybody now:
1, 2, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock
Chess!
5,6,7 o'clock, 8 o'clock
Chess!
9,10,11 o'clock, 12 o'clock
Chess!
{Refrain} (mainly thanks to the technological wonders of the internet)
We're going to engage in an entertaining game of chess around the world tonight.
Oh put your glad rags on...
[i]I'll fetch my coat.
Yesterday all blacks’ pieces seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh I believe in yesterday
Suddenly my attack ain’t what it used to be
There’s A Knight fork hanging over me
Oh yesterday came suddenly
Why I hung my Queen I don’t know I couldn’t say
I moved something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday chess was such an easy game to play
Then I blundered my poor Queen away
Oh I believe in yesterday