[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 Spa**ky
[Florence:]
Does the player exist
In any human endeavor?
[Chorus:]
1972--Bobby Fischer
1975--Anatoly Karpov
[Florence:]
Who's 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!