The Soviet Machine (Live)

Comrades, why are you looking so worried?
We are not dealing with the traitor Sogievsky now
Comrade Viigand is a disciplined, Soviet, chess-playing machine.

Just in case you feel a trace
Of doubt or even nervous tension
Let me draw the latest score
To your attention
Not the score
The witless core of commentators are debating
Come, admit
Who gives a shit for Elo rating
No, I prefer
And I'm sure you concur
To see who is ahead
Psychologically, for example
We have on tap
An inscrutable chap
Whose thoughts never stray
From the state of the play
Viigand!

Whereas...
It's so difficult to concentrate if
You have left your native
Country for a woman
Who has plans of her own
It's not easy for a chap to excel
Feeling guilty as hell
Having left his wife
To face the music alone
But, even worse
Imagine if his ladies met
Well then I'll bet
The atmosphere 'round here
Would be a little strained
As she explained.

How could he do
What he's done to those two
Most wonderful girls
Yes, I love you both
Most amusing!

Starting them scratch
They'll torpedo his match
His horsepower dead
On the board and in bed.

Bit by bit the pieces fit
The Soviet machine advances
Not one move that
Won't improve our nation's chances
We predict a stunning victory
On the board and off it
This will show that traitor
No one rats with profit.

But we're going
To smash that bastard
Make him wanna change his name
Take him to the cleaners
And devastate him
Wipe him out
Humiliate him.

We don't want the
Whole world saying
"They can't even win a game"
We have never
Reckoned on coming second.

There's no use in Soloists
Losing. We can feel the flame
Of triumph burning
Bit by bit the pieces fit, Our people's pride returning
The soviet machine
Advances.

Not one move that won't
Improve our nation's chances
Hoi!

No, I prefer and
I'm sure you concur
To see who is ahead
Psychologically, for example
We have on tap
An inscrutable chap
Whose thoughts never stray
From the state of the play.

La la la la, la la lay la lay la
La la la la la la la la la la la.

Bit by bit the pieces fit
The soviet machine advances
Not one move that won't
Improve our nation's chances
Hey!
We predict a stunning victory
On the board and off it
This will show that traitor
No one rats with profit.

Ah ah, la la la la!

From Moscow to
The Bering Strait
Citizens will hail
Our victory.

In arctic circles
Frozen states
Will join with
Warmer climes in reverie.

And I can say of this affair
I was there
Did my share
Played my part.

And comrades
All will be aware
I was there
From the start
Mmm mmm
Ah ah.