My Pawn, His Light Squares

Verse 1

Pawn to e5, knight to c6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6

Pawn to a6, knight to f6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6

Bishop to e7, pawn to b5 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5

Castles short, then pawn to d5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5

Let him take my e-pawn, then

His king gets the bill in the end

Chorus

Knight takes d5, knight takes e5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5

Pawn to c6, bishop to d6 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6

Queen to h4, queen to h3 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3

The light squares round his king for me

Verse 2

Bishop to g4, his queen must move 15.Be3 Bg4

The open e-file is my groove

Rook to e8, rook to e6 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6

The old f-pawn push is too quick

Queen back to h5 does the trick 18.a4 Qh5

Chorus

Knight takes d5, knight takes e5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5

Pawn to c6, bishop to d6 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6

Queen to h4, queen to h3 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3

The light squares round his king for me

Bridge

The engine calls it dead level

My knight on d5 stops his d-pawn

The Marshall, sharp as the devil

Yet most top games end up drawn

Chorus

Knight takes d5, knight takes e5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5

Pawn to c6, bishop to d6 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6

Queen to h4, queen to h3 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3

The light squares round his king for me

Outro

Queen to h3, I'm at his door 14...Qh3

A pawn for light squares, even score