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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.
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