Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, and Bjorn Ulvaeus

FLORENCE:

I would have thought in the average affair

That the first hint of trouble would be

Oh so small; barely perceptible, easy to miss

Why is ours on TV?

THE RUSSIAN:

Listen -- you know as I do

Nothing's altered at all

I have no intention --

FLORENCE:

Your personal life's

The lead on the news!

How do we ignore that?

THE RUSSIAN:

I do and I must because otherwise I say

Goodbye to my hopes of retaining my title

If I should succumb to emotional blackmail I'm

done --

FLORENCE:

Looking after number one!

THE RUSSIAN:

What do you mean?

FLORENCE:

I mean it's always I this and I that

What happened to us?

THE RUSSIAN:

All that I'm saying is I must make certain

That nothing distracts me from chess

When I've won

Then I'll attend to the secondary things --

FLORENCE:

Things like me I suppose!

THE RUSSIAN:

No, no -- you're reacting

Exactly the way that they want

FLORENCE:

It's the way I have to

If I feel concerned I can't put it off

And come back to it later

THE RUSSIAN:

Well if you're determined to jump when they tell

you

Then maybe it's best that you do it alone

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