Chess London movie - The Russian & Molokov/ Where I Want to be lyrics
rate me<br>
[MOLOKOV]<br>
The man is utterly mad -- you're playing a lunatic --<br>
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[THE RUSSIAN]<br>
That's the problem. He's a brilliant lunatic and you can't tell<br>
which way<br>
he'll jump -- like his game he's impossible to analyse -- you<br>
can't dissect<br>
him, predict him -- which of course means he's not a lunatic at<br>
all.<br>
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[MOLOKOV]<br>
What we've just seen's a pathetic display<br>
From a man who's beginning to crack<br>
He's afraid<br>
He knows he isn't the player he was<br>
And he won't get it back<br>
<br>
[THE RUSSIAN]<br>
Nonsense!<br>
Why do my seconds<br>
Always want to believe<br>
Third-rate propaganda --<br>
<br>
[MOLOKOV]<br>
My friend, please relax<br>
We're all on your side<br>
You know how you need us --<br>
<br>
[THE RUSSIAN]<br>
I don't need my army of so-called 'advisors'<br>
And helpers to tell me<br>
The man who's revitalised chess single-handed<br>
Is more or less out of his brain<br>
When it's very clear<br>
He's sane<br>
<br>
[MOLOKOV]<br>
Listen, we don't underestimate anyone<br>
We won't get caught in that trap<br>
After all, winning or losing reflects on us all --<br>
<br>
[THE RUSSIAN]<br>
Oh don't give me that crap!<br>
I win -- no one else does<br>
And I take the rap if I lose<br>
<br>
[MOLOKOV]<br>
It's not quite that simple<br>
The whole world's tuned in<br>
We're all on display<br>
We're not merely sportsmen --<br>
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[THE RUSSIAN]<br>
Oh please don't start spouting that old party line<br>
Yes I know it's your job but<br>
Just get out and get me a chess-playing second<br>
In thirty-six hours we begin<br>
That is if you want to win!<br>
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Who needs a dream?<br>
Who needs ambition?<br>
Who'd be the fool<br>
In my position?<br>
Once I had dreams<br>
Now they're obsessions<br>
Hopes became needs<br>
Lovers possessions<br>
<br>
Then they move in<br>
Oh so discreetly<br>
Slowly at first<br>
Smiling too sweetly<br>
I opened doors<br>
They walked right through them<br>
Called me their friend<br>
I hardly knew them<br>
<br>
Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I<br>
always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all<br>
Running for my life and never looking back in case there's<br>
someone<br>
right behind to shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall.<br>
<br>
When the crazy wheel slows down<br>
Where will I be? Back where I started.<br>
<br>
Don't get me wrong<br>
I'm not complaining<br>
Times have been good<br>
Fast, entertaining<br>
But what's the point<br>
If I'm concealing<br>
Not only love<br>
All other feeling.<br>
<br>
Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I<br>
always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all<br>
Running for my life and never looking back in case there's<br>
someone right behind to shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall<br>
<br>
When the crazy wheel slows down<br>
Where will I be? Back where I started.<br>
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