Chess and Music VI

New Fischer games, old Fischer stories... Given recent events, I'm surprised that this piece of pop culture hasn't been resurrected (I guess that's what I'm doing).

In 2000, Australian pop band Lazy Susan released their debut single entitled "Bobby Fischer":

Bobby Fischer beat Spassky in Iceland in '72.
I know a girl who's better
looking but who thinks like Bobby Fischer too.
When Bobby Fischer was a kid
they knew he was a prodigy.
I know a girl who's somewhat older but no less
of an authority.

I wish I had the smarts to understand her charts.
If I don't concentrate she'll have me in check mate.

In Tampa Bay
and Lafayette they all know Bobby Fischer's name.
I know a girl who made her
mark in smaller cities but her fame's the same.
When Bobby Fischer made his
comeback in the 90's he was worse for wear.
I know a girl who made a
comeback but her mind was altogether there.

She said: "I drink chocolate
milk, from a cow I built.
"Doot n'doot doot doot. Doot n'doot doot doot."

They're all saying that you'll never play again.
They're all saying
that you're finished, that you're washed up as a friend.
All my life I've
"feather-dustered" but that's not how it's going to end. Oh no.

Spys in
hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the
headlights of a car beneath a bridge.
There's no lights on in the house
except the light inside the fridge. Oh yeah.

Reykjavik, no one ever says
Reykjavik in a song.
Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song.

They're all saying that you'll never play again.
They're all saying
that you're finished and that you're washed up as a friend.
All my life I've
"feather-dustered" but that's not how I'm going to end. Oh no.

Spys in
hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the
headlights of a car beneath a bridge.
There's no lights on in the house
except the light inside the fridge........... Oh yeah.

You can try to stream or download the song here.