Chessman

from Ike's Green Album by Icarus Tyree

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Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate

If you say "let's play a game"
And I say that "I love a game"
But you set down the 8-by-8
I'm not quite so inclined

You take my pawn, you take my knight
I take your pawn, you take my knight
I take your rook, you win again
And think it's 'cause of your big mind

Either way, we're sore.
Baby, I am getting bored.

Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate

Maybe I'll give chess a chance
And maybe I'll give you a chance
But I'd much rather go and dance
And move myself instead

Cause you can't see the game ain't fair
And want to think the game is fair
Cause then you beat me on the merit
Of your mathematic head

But that's not for me
I don't subscribe to binary

Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate

Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate

Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate
I won't be your checkmate
I won't be your checkmate

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from Ike's Green Album, released November 24, 2021

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