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Elaine Paige and Tommy Korberg -Mountain Duet - Chess in Concert 1984
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tommy Körberg
Tommy Körberg
Performer
Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige
Performer
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Anders Eljas
Anders Eljas
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson
Composer
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Ulvaeus
Composer
Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Ulvaeus
Producer
Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson
Producer
Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Producer

Lyrics

This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid
Nothing I say will convince him it isn't a trick
A drink on a clear moonlit night
I relax, she smiles
There's something unpleasant going on
So with immaculate timing, I'm left to carry the can
Embarrassed, outnumbered, marooned
Now she can't be working for them
I mean us
She seems so very straightforward
But where is he?
He has to come back
He wanted this meeting
Well, didn't he?
Maybe he's scared
Just as scared as he was in the game
Oh, I just couldn't care less
He can go right ahead, go and wreck his career
I know I've done my best
Well, at least she's a good-looking spy
What if my Russian friend thinks that my plans
Are more of an intimate kind?
If I don't say something and soon
He'll go
Nobody's on nobody's side
Listen, I hate to break up the mood
Get to the point, begin the beguine
Haven't you noticed we're a protagonist short
In this idyllic, well-produced scene?
All I can say is moments ago
He was right here, ready and waiting
Never mind him
I haven't missed him so far
Maybe it won't do any harm
To struggle on without his charm?
Funny how all at once I feel
That he can go jump off the mountain, I won't care
This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid
My dear opponent
I really can't imagine why
So I am not dangerous then?
What a shame
Oh, you're not dangerous
Who could think that of you?
You, you are so strange
Why can't you be what you ought to be?
You should be scheming, intriguing, too clever by half
I have to hand it to you
For you've managed to make me forget why I ever agreed to this farce
I don't know why I can't think of anything
I would rather do
Than be wasting my time
On mountains with you
Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice

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