Mountain Duet

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 unpleasant 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 and 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 begin

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 hand 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