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Endgame lyrics

ARBITER'S ASSISTANTS
Did you make it clear
That he has to be here?
Does he understand
He will lose his title?

ARBITER
How straightforward the game
When all its rules are respected
And these rules are the same
For a champion or for a novice
No show, no dice, no appeal, no exceptions, no way!

MERCHANDISERS
Do you think he knows
What it's gonna cost him?

Does the player exist
In any human endeavor...

Do you think he cares
What it's gonna cost him?

...Who's been known to resist
Sirens of fame an possessions?
Threaten to cut off supplies and he'll come out to play

RUSSIANS
He's a broken man:
Good as back in Moscow

NIKOLAI
It's the weak who extol
Tawdry untruths about freedom....

RUSSIANS
What a way to learn
Home is where the heart is

NIKOLAI
...Prostituting the soul
Chasing some spurious starlight
Trinkets in airports sufficient to lead them astray

CIA
Selfish little creep
Everybody suffers

BEN
I'm no expert in chess
But hazard this prognostication....

CIA
Selfish little creep
Everybody suffers

BEN
That the late mister S
Has better chances of winning
The Kentucky Derby than keeping his title today

CIA
Selfish little creep
Everybody suffers

We don't see the jerk
Even coming second

JOURNALISTS
We are all aware of reputation
But one empty chair is condemnation
Of a man who blew it scuttled with dishonor

MERCHANDISERS, CIA MEN
No one gives a damn
For his dilemma
Just another scam
We're sick of them, a
Lot of jobs at stake
With Russia's primadonna

ARBITER & ASSISTANTS
We can hardly begin to
Imagine why he'd risk all he's put into
His calling through the years
The blood, the sweat, the tears
The late, late nights, the early starts

MORE JOURNALISTS
Of course the effect is
Exactly what observers will expect, viz.
The world is set to cheer
The only one who's here
The bad guy's gone and won their hearts

EVERYBODY
Is he still in bed?
Or in the shower?
Even if he's dead
They won't allow a
Man to show up after the appointed hour

ANATOLY
They all think they see a man
Who doesn't know
Which move to make
Which way to go
Whose private life
Caused his decline
Wrecked his grand design
Some are vicious, some are fools
To see in me
One of their kind


[Note: At this point, the performance lyrics were unauthorized by Tim Rice and
rewritten without his consent. His original lyrics follow, as printed in the
souvenir brochure insert sold at the Imperial Theatre.]

FREDDIE
So he hasn't cracked!
He still can cut it!
Maybe it's an act --
It must be! But it's
Strange how he's so cool
And I'm the one who's breaking

I don't feel that he's
The one I'm playing
Florence, Florence, please --
My God! I'm saying
You still screw me up
On every move I'm making

ANATOLY
Here I see a man caring
About a minor sporting triumph, sharing
A show with esoterics
Paranoids, hysterics
Who don't pay attention to
What goes on around them
They leave the ones they touch the way they found them
Is this the life I need?
A childish, selfish greed
While those who love me bleed to death

When I look at her
Her and her father
What would she prefer?
I know I'd rather
Live my life alone than feel
That I'd betrayed them

FREDDIE
At last! He's made a mistake!

ANATOLY
Which means that my decision isn't very hard at all

FREDDIE
No-one could get out of this!

ANATOLY
So here I am --
The final stages of a soul-destroying game
The sacrifice of someone I will never find again

FREDDIE ANATOLY
Check! Never!
Check! Never!
Check! Never!
Check! Never!
Check! Never!

FREDDIE
Backed the losing side
Florence Vassy
Took you for a ride
Florence Vassy
That is known as dues and honey you just paid them!

ANATOLY
There is nothing more to do
My choice is made
The die is cast
The game is played
And so at last
I have freedom!

ALL
We have just witnessed history made
Power moves west, ending an era
This is a great day for American chess!




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Performance lyrics -- from the point of the note above.

FREDDIE
So he's gonna fight
This situation
Where's my appetite
For concentration?
Why is he so focused
When my thoughts are straying

Looking at this man
It's her I'm seeing
Once my greatest fan
And now her being
His, still gets to me
And screws the way I'm playing

ANATOLY
Here I see a man caring
About a minor sporting triumph, sharing
A show with esoterics
Paranoids, hysterics
Who don't pay attention to
What goes on around them
They leave the ones they touch the way they found them
Is this the life I need?
A childish, selfish greed
While those who love me bleed to death

Then I think of her
Her and her father
What would she prefer?
I know I'd rather
Live my life alone than feel
That I had harmed them

FREDDIE
At last! He's made a mistake!

ANATOLY
I cannot go on hurting all the people who have trusted me

FREDDIE
He will not escape from here

ANATOLY
So here we are
The final stages of a soul-destroying game
The sacrifice of someone I will never find again

FREDDIE ANATOLY
Check! Never!
Check! Never!
Check! Never!
Check! Never!
Check! Never!


FREDDIE
Backed the losing side
Florence Vassy
Took you for a ride
Florence Vassy
You just haven't got the instict of a winner

ANATOLY
There is nothing more to do
No hope, no way
To save the game
The end of play
So I lose today
And tomorrow

ALL
We have just witnessed history made
Power moves west, ending an era
This is a great day for American chess!


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