Nobody's Side>From the Musical Chess-FlorenceYou want to lose your only friendWell, keep it up you're doing fineWhy this humiliation?Why treat me like a fool?I've taken shit for seven yearsAnd I won't take it any more-The AmericanI'm only teasing SovietsWith gentle bonhomieAnd you've a better reason to be anti-them than me-FlorenceThere's a time and there's a place-The AmericanIs this the girl who always saidShe wants to know the truth?-FlorenceThere's a time and there's a place(1956, Budapest is rising1956, Budapest is rising)-The AmericanI'd have thought you'd supportAny attack on these people(1956, Budapest is rising)On the people who ranMindlessly over your childhoodDon't let them fool youFor thirty years on they're the same(1956, Budapest is fighting1956, Budapest is falling)They see chess as a warPlaying with pawns just like Poland(1956, Budapest is dying)If you walk out on meThey will have won the first battleWouldn't your fatherHave begged you to stay in the game-FlorenceHe would, but he didn't know youHe'd loathe your behavior, and so do IWhy'd you have to do this to me?What's going on around meIs barely making senseI need some explanations fastI see my present partnerIn the imperfect tenseAnd I don't see how we can lastI feel I need a change of castMaybe I'm on nobody's sideAnd when he gives me reasonsTo justify each moveThey're getting harder to believeI know this can't continueI've still a lot to proveThere must be more I could achiveBut I don't have the nerve to leaveEverybody's playing the gameBut nobody's rules are the sameNobody's on nobody's sideBetter learn to go it aloneRecognize you're out on your ownNobody's on nobody's sideThe one I should not think ofKeeps rolling through my mindAnd I don't want to let that goNo lover's ever faithfulNo contract truly signedThere's nothing certain left to knowAnd how the cracks begin to showNever make a promise or planTake a little love when you canNobody's on nobody's sideNever stay too long in your bedNever lose your heart, use your headNobody's on nobody's sideNever take a stranger's adviceNever let a friend fool you twiceNobody's on nobody's sideEverybody's playing the gameBut nobody's rules are the sameNobody's on nobody's sideNever leave a moment too soonNever waste a hot afternoonNobody's on nobody's sideNever stay a minute too longDon't forget the best will go wrongNobody's on nobody'sideNever be the first to believeNever be the last to deceiveNobody's on nobody's sideNever make a promise or planTake a little love when you canNobody's on nobody's side