Lyrics

A GAME OF CHESS
L. Kweller/D. Fox

People are like grains of sand
Sifted through each other's hands
Caught up in a game
A GAME OF CHESS

And the king is very clever
When he thinks he'll live forever
So there's no one there to guard
him
At the castle door

Though the masses bow before
him
And they swear that they adore
him
They have planned assassination
At the stroke of four

People moving to and fro
Going where they're told to go
Caught up in a game
A GAME OF CHESS

Now the knight will fight for glory
Like you read in ev'ry story
Yet he never stops to wonder
What the fighting means

And the bishop's prayer is crying
For the soldiers who are dying
In the cause of noble duty
For their kings and queens

People are like grains of sand
Sifted through each other's hands
Caught up in a game
A GAME OF CHESS

© Lee Kweller & David Fox

Vocals- David Fox