[ANATOLY]
Who needs a dream?
Who needs ambition?
Who'd be the fool
In my position?
Once I had dreams
Now they're obsessions
Hopes became needs
Lovers possessions

Then they move in
Oh, so discreetly
Slowly at first
Smiling too sweetly
I opened doors
They walked right through them
Called me their friend
I hardly knew them
Now I'm

[ANATOLY & ENSEMBLE]
Where I want to be and who I want to be
And doing all I ever said I would
And yet I feel I haven't won at all
Running for my life and never looking back
In case there's someone right behind to shoot me down
And say he always knew I'd fall
[ANATOLY]
When the crazy wheel slows down
Where will I be?
Back where I started

Don't get me wrong
I'm not complaining
Times have been good
Fast, entertaining
But what's the point
If I'm concealing
Not only love
All other feeling?
Now I'm

[ANATOLY & ENSEMBLE]
Where I want to be and who I want to be
And doing what I always said I would
And yet I feel I haven't won at all
I'm running for my life and never looking back
In case there's someone right behind to shoot me down
And say he always knew I'd fall

[ANATOLY]
When the crazy wheel slows down
Where will I be?
Back where I started
[VIIGAND, spoken]
Comrade Molokov tells me you want to play chess

[ANATOLY, spoken]
Go to hell