Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Endgame #2, artist - Chess In Concert. Date of issue: 11.06.2009
Song language: English
Endgame #2 |
| Chorus: |
| 1866--Wilhelm Steinitz. |
| 1894--Emmanuel Lasker. |
| Molokov: |
| How straightforward the game, |
| When one has trust in one’s player! |
| Chorus: |
| 1921--Jose Capablanca. |
| Molokov: |
| And how great the relief, working for one who believes in-- |
| Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind, come what may. |
| Chorus: |
| 1927--Alex Alekhine. |
| Frederick: |
| How straightforward the game, |
| When one is free from distraction! |
| Chorus: |
| 1935--Euwe. |
| 1948--Mikhail Botvinnik. |
| Frederick: |
| When your only concern, is laid out so clearly before you. |
| 64 squares--They are the reason you know you exist. |
| Chorus: |
| 1957--Vasily Smylov. |
| 1960--Tal. |
| Molokov: |
| It is the weak, who accept tawdry untruths about freedom. |
| Chorus: |
| 1963--Tigran Petrosian. |
| Molokov: |
| Prostituting themselves, chasing a spurious starlight. |
| Trinkets in airports, sufficient to lead them astray. |
| Chorus: |
| 1969--Boris Spassky. |
| Florence: |
| Does the player exist in any human endeavor? |
| Chorus: |
| 1975--Anatoly Karpov. |
| Florence: |
| Who has been known to resist, |
| Sirens of fame and possessions? |
| They will destroy you--not rivals, not age, not success. |
| Chorus: |
| 1956--Budapest is rising. |
| 1956--Budapest is fighting! |
| 1956--Budapest is falling. |
| 1956--Budapest is dying! |