Musicals - Chess - Mountain Duet Lyrics
Florence:This is the one situationI wanted most to avoidNothing I say will convince himThis isn't a trick.Anatoly:A drink on clear moonlit night--I relax, she smiles,There's something peculiarGoing on.Florence:So through no fault of my ownI'm stuck here to carry the can.Embarrassed, uncertain, marooned.Anatoly:Now she can't be working for them--I mean us--She seems to know what she's doing,But where is he?Florence:He has to turn up,He wanted this meeting,Didn't he?Anatoly:Maybe he's scared,But he didn't seem scaredIn the game.Florence:Oh, I just couldn't care less.He can go right ahead,Go and wreck his career,I know I've done my best.Anatoly:Well, at leastShe's a good looking spy.Florence:What if my Russian friendThinks that my plansAre more of an intimate kind?If I don't say somethingAnd soonHe'll go.Maybe I'm on nobody's side!Anatoly:Listen, I hate to break up the mood.Get to the point,Begin the beguine.Haven't you noticedWe are a protagonist short,In this idyllic,Well-produced scene?Florence:He couldn't waitTo join you up here.Maybe he walked--Cable cars scare him.Anatoly:Never mind him,I haven't missed him so far.Both:Maybe it won't do any harmTo struggle on without his charm.Funny how all at one I feelThat he can go jump off the mountain--I won't care!Florence:This is the one situationI wanted most to avoid.Anatoly:My dear opponent--I really can't imagine why.Florence:So I am not dangerous then?What a shame.Anatoly:No, you're not dangerous. Florence:Who could think that of you? You--Both:You are so strange.Why can't you beWhat you want to be?You should be scheming,Intriguing,Too clever by half!Anatoly:I have to hand it to youFor you've managedTo make me forgetWhy I ever agreed on this farce. Florence:I don't know why Know whyBoth:I can't think of anythingI would rather doThan be wasting my timeOn mountains with you.Frederick:Who'd ever think it?Such a very pretty setting.Tell me what's the betting,Very pretty plotting, too.No matter--I've done all your work for you.Florence: [Spoken]Freddie.Frederick:Who'd ever guess it?Daughter in collaborationWith the very nationGave her father third degree.Where's Daddy, dead,Or in the KGB?[Spoken]While my second has been curling up with myOpponent, I have agreed to new terms withGlobal Television, which in short means more money--For you as well, but that can't be helped. Therefore,This meeting is unnecessary. The match can continueAnd we don't have to be friends.
