Tim Rice - Florence and Molokov lyrics

[Molokov, spoken] The game is greater than its players, Miss Va**y. How true [Molokov, sung] I don't know how you can allow This harm to be done to chess And how this baby of yours Can be persuaded back to the game [Florence, spoken] Easy. You stop playing politics and you start playing chess [Florence, sung] I don't know how You have the gall to Criticize us When it is all too Obvious this is what you wanted We get the blame [Florence, spoken] Your man, following orders, was planning some Sort of bust-up from the word go [Molokov] You really are mad He has no orders Now let me put my cards Upon your table-- If he is aggrieved Then who can blame him? He is up against a man Who's less than stable [Florence] Who rocked his chair Throughout the match then? Who sniffed and coughed Began to scratch, then Played with his flag And tapped his fingers Then took a walk? [Florence, spoken] Your precious boy! [Florence, sung] Listen, you plutocratic throwback You and your cronies wanna go back Home to your Dachas, not the salt mines? [Florence, spoken] We better talk! [Molokov, spoken] I wish, Florienz-- [Florence, spoken] Florence! [Molokov, spoken] Florence, you would refrain from cheap political jibe at a time when cooperation between us is vital. Besides, I would have thought you'd be reluctant to criticize fellow Eastern European [Florence, spoken] Fellow Eastern Europeans! I was born a Hungarian. Do you remember Hungary? I wish I could. I was only five when you ba*tards moved in. I have no memory of my homeland-- my mother, my father, my people-- all taken from me by you! [Florence, sung] And you call yourself A fellow Eastern European! [Molokov] Come now, Miss Va**y We're digressing Back to the point Let's start addressing All our attention To the World Chess Championship [Florence, spoken] Cut the crap! They have to meet. If you deliver Anatoly, I will deliver Freddie, at the Merano Mountain Inn, famous for its peace and tranquility. That's where I'll do the business [Molokov, spoken] We'll do the business [Florence, spoken] I'll do the business