When Your World is Eight by Eight - Tara Turner sings GM Jon

Condescending Has way more letters Than Intellectual Can you get that right? Chess is intellectual A street-fight! Played out in black and white… Condescending… Will be the least of your troubles With an opponent out to get you You’ll be tested... Through and through It will change your world-view Let the ideas and tactics flow Feel that tension grow and grow What's more beautiful than checkmate When your world is eight by eight? Grandmasters can be a witty bunch If and when they are out to lunch The rubbish jokes about ‘Pass the Salt’ Are totally not their fault Heard the one about Playing chess in the park with old people? It looks like total mayhem When you find thirty-two of them Let the ideas and tactics flow Feel that tension grow and grow What's more beautiful than checkmate When your world is eight by eight So are you thinking about taking up chess? Whether you will or not is anyone’s guess You should know before you get started It is not for the fainthearted It is rough and tough And sure enough Most cannot take the pain That is needed if you want to gain… The necessary skill To close in for the kill Let the ideas and tactics flow Feel that tension grow and grow Nothing's more beautiful than checkmate When your world is eight by eight