Asked for chess and I got Jess

Verse 1

Walked into the shop with three bucks in my hand

Asked for a chess set to play across the land

They handed me a woman wrapped in polka dots

I said this is not chess man this is what I got

I was so angry that I kicked her out the house

Slammed the door so hard it shook the china bowls

Then I sat alone and thought about her sweet perfume

Second thought I did love her but it's too late now

Pre-Chorus

I could have had a king a queen a rook and a pawn

Instead I got a girlfriend and I sent her off at dawn

Chorus

Jess come back I'm a fool in checkmate

I traded your heart for a board and a gate

I called you a mistake when you were my best move

Now I'm sitting here lonely with nothing to prove

Post-Chorus

Check check checkmate

Oh check check checkmate

Verse 2

She had a way of laughing that shook the ceiling fan

Better than any bishop taking a castle when she can

I should have kept the pawn and thrown away the box

Now I'm castling sideways in a pair of slacks and crocs

Two squares left and right she's gone without a trace

I'd trade a thousand knights for just one of her embraces

Pre-Chorus

I could have had a king a queen a rook and a pawn

Instead I got a girlfriend and I sent her off at dawn

Chorus

Jess come back I'm a fool in checkmate

I traded your heart for a board and a gate

I called you a mistake when you were my best move

Now I'm sitting here lonely with nothing to prove

Post-Chorus

Check check checkmate

Oh check check checkmate

Bridge

I got the pieces scattered on the living room floor

Knight to E-4 don't mean nothing anymore

The game was so simple but the love was so grand

Now I'm rearranging squares with my own shaky hands

Chorus

Jess come back I'm a fool in checkmate

I traded your heart for a board and a gate

I called you a mistake when you were my best move

Now I'm sitting here lonely with nothing to prove

Post-Chorus

Check check checkmate

Oh check check checkmate

Check check checkmate

I miss you Jess