Ensemble: No one can deny that these are difficult times No one can deny that these are difficult times Molokov: Ms. Vassey Florence: Mr. Molokov Ensemble: It's the U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. Yet we more or less are No one can deny that these are difficult times To our credit, putting all that aside We have swallowed our pride These are very dangerous and difficult times! Florence: It really doesn't matter who comes out on top Molokov: Who gets the chop Ensemble: No-one's way of life is threatened by a flop But we're gonna smash their bastards! Make him want to change his name Take him to the cleaners and devastate him Wipe him up, humilate him We don't want the whole world saying "They can't even win a game" Walter: We have never reckoned on coming second Molokov: There's no use in losing It's the red flag up against stars and stripes But we're peace loving types. Ensemble: No one can deny that these are difficult times Florence: It's a sweet, hail-fellow, well-met affair Walter: For both eagle and bear Ensemble: These are very dangerous and difficult times Molokov: For those who say that this is not a friendly clash Don't be so rash I assure you comrades, that is balderdash Ensemble: What a load of whinging peasants! Thinking they win, they can't! What an exhibition of self-delusion This one's a foregone conclusion But enough of all this beating Round the bushes of detente We intend to collar the Yankee dollar We will smash them Trash them. Molokov: How good to feel that as this great event begins It underpins Our quest for peace-- The bonds of common interest Of East and West. All: As long as our man wins. As long as our man wins.