Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, and Bjorn Ulvaeus
FLORENCE:
This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid
Nothing I say will convince him this isn`t a trick.
THE RUSSIAN:
A drink on a clear moonlit night -- I relax, she
smiles
There`s something peculiar going on.
FLORENCE:
So with immaculate timing, I`m left to carry the
can
Embarrassed, outnumbered, marooned --
THE RUSSIAN:
Now she can`t be working for them -- I mean
us --
She seems so very straightforward -- but where
is he?
FLORENCE:
He has to come back -- he wanted this meeting,
well didn`t he?
THE RUSSIAN:
Maybe he`s scared -- just as scared as he was
in the game.
FLORENCE:
Oh, I just couldn`t care less
He can go right ahead, go and wreck his career,
I know I`ve done my best
THE RUSSIAN:
Well at least she`s a good-looking spy.
FLORENCE:
What if my Russian friend thinks that my plans
Are more of an intimate kind?
If I don`t say something else soon
He`ll go -- Nobody`s on nobody`s side!
THE RUSSIAN:
Listen, I hate to break up the mood
Get to the point, begin the beguine
Haven`t you noticed we`re a protagonist short
In this idyllic, well-produced scene?
FLORENCE:
All I can say is moments ago
He was right here ready and waiting
THE RUSSIAN:
Never mind him -- I haven`t missed him so far.
BOTH:
Maybe it won`t do any harm
To struggle on without his charm
Funny how all at once I feel that he can go
jump off the mountain
I won`t care
FLORENCE:
This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid
THE RUSSIAN:
My dear opponent -- I really can`t imagine why
FLORENCE:
So I am not dangerous then? -- what a shame!
THE RUSSIAN:
Oh, you`re not dangerous -- who could think
that of you?
BOTH:
You -- you are so strange -- why can`t you be
what you ought to be?
You should be scheming, intriguing, too clever
by half --
THE RUSSIAN:
I have to had it to you
For you`ve managed to make me forget why I
ever agreed to this farce.
BOTH:
I don`t know why I can`t think of anything
I would rather do
Than be wasting my time
On mountains with you.
