
Date of issue: 11.07.2005
Record label: Nonesuch
Song language: English
Mr. Chess |
So good to meet you, Mr. Chess |
I’ve always heard that you’re the best |
At housing knights |
And castles high up in the air |
So I beseech you, Mr. Chess |
To let me sleep inside your bed |
And would you sleep, too |
Would you sleep, too, in the chair? |
You see, I dream of many things |
Of floating, solitary kings |
Of pawns and people with |
Blue sequins through their hair |
A jester sings |
The bishop brings the queen |
A hollow following… |
And all the pawns |
And people stop |
And people stare |
So, I, too, stop |
At 3 o’clock |
I stumble to your door and knock |
And ask to see you |
And ask to be you |
Mr. Chess. |
Oh, Mr. Chess. |
Now I beseech you, Mr. Chess |
To let me sleep, to let me rest |
To let me dream |
To let me sing without a care |
And I will dream you things so fair |
I sing your castles in the air |
And I will sleep, too |
I will sleep, too |
I will rest… Oh, Mr. Chess,. |
My Mr. Chess… |
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