[Chorus:] I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess They make the big moves and make me a little less Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
[Verse:] I've learned all the rules of the game Fast way I play 'em when I lose 'em just the same Nothing's fair in this world of blind chance A rich man takes the money, the old man takes the blame
[Chorus:] I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess They make the big moves and make me a little less Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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[Verse 2:] The day were born where all? Old Some cuts from the cloth straight from the king's robe The rest of us can't even be pawn But we wear soldier's uniforms, dying for their?
[Chorus:] I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess They make the big moves and make me a little less Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess.