"MORE THAN A GAME" genre: Folk Rock
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	This song compares life to a game of chess on many different levels.
	Credits: Terry Shea: 12-string guitar and vocals. Music and lyrics by Terry Shea. Copyright 2002
	Story Behind the Song I played this song for a few people and they thought it sounded very much like Ian Anderson. So I redid the vocals and made it sound as much like Ian Anderson as I could. So in a way it was inspired by Ian Anderson even though that wasn't really the original intent. Lyrics I was trying to ask questions for the answers that I seek So I went to the Bishop but he wouldn't let me speak I went back to my class and opened up the Good Book And they threw me in jail-man what a rook! All the kings' horses and all the kings' men Are knights and pawns loyal to the end They move quite slowly like ink leaking from a pen And they are easily captured and easily penned Singin' hi-hi-diddle-diddle-hi-diddle-hee The Bishop avoided me diagonally The pawn moves one and the knight moves 3 And the ACLU has the rooks personality Life is a game of chess my friend Good and evil battle to the end Just like a game of chess my friend Choose wisely which piece to defend One day I met a lady-she could have been a queen She was oh-so pretty she was oh-so preen I tried to get to know her-didn't want to make a scene But when I asked her out and then the chick turned mean She can move in all directions several spaces at a time She can capture and destroy all who get in her line Her beauty is her power-yes she looks so fine But if she found you starving-wouldn't lend a dime She sings "hi-hi-diddle-diddle-hi-diddle-hee I am the queen now bow down to me The rank's wide open and the file is free And if you cross my path again then it's the end of thee!" Life is a game of chess my friend Good and evil battle to the end Just like a game of chess my friend Choose wisely which piece to defend I was going down the road of life looking for fortune and fame And somewhere down the road I found I was just a mere pawn in the game And pawns are perceived all the same Nobody knows your name And pawns are looked down on in shame I was going down the road of life looking for fortune and fame And somewhere down the road I found I was just a mere pawn in the game But pawns aren't all the same No one may know my name But pawns can control the end game Singin' hi-hi-diddle-diddle-hi-diddle-hee I made to the end-now The King's promoting me I now have the power of any man you see And I've found new life for eternity More Than A Game of chess my friend Good and evil battle to the end More Than A Game of chess my friend Choose wisely which piece to defend

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