The Final Move - Chris Rice

Saw an old guy today

Staring long at a chess game

Looked like it was half-played

Then his tear splashed between

The bishop and the king… oh

He turned his face to mine

I saw the Question in his eyes

I shrugged him half a smile and walked away

It made me sad, and it made me think

And now it makes me sing what I believe

It was love that set this fragile planet rolling

Tilting at our perfect twenty-three

Molecules and men infused with holy

Finding our way around the galaxy

And Paradise has up and flown away for now

But hope still breathes and truth is always true

And just when we think it’s almost over

Love has the final move

Love has the final move

Heard a young girl sing a song

To her daughter in her pale arms

Walkin' through a rainstorm

«Because you’re here my little girl

It’s gonna be a better world»…oh

She turned her face to mine

I saw the Answer in her eyes

I shrugged her half a smile and walked away

It made me smile, and it made me think

And now it makes me sing what I believe

It was love that set our fragile planet rolling

Tilting at our perfect twenty-three

Molecules and men infused with holy

Finding our way around the galaxy

And Paradise has up and flown away for now

But hope still breathes and truth is always true

And just when we think it’s almost over

Love has the final move

Love has the final move