Song | Games People Play |
Artist | Joe South |
Album | Greatest Hits Of The 60's |
Oh, the games people play now | |
Every night and every day now | |
Never meaning what they say now | |
Never saying what they mean | |
And they wile away the hours | |
In their ivory towers | |
Till they're covered up with flowers | |
In the back of a black limousine | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking 'bout you and me | |
And the games people play | |
Oh, we make one another cry | |
Break a heart then we say goodbye | |
Cross our hearts and we hope to die | |
That the other was to blame | |
Neither one will give in | |
So, we gaze at our eight by ten | |
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been | |
It's a dirty rotten shame | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking 'bout you and me | |
And the games people play | |
People walking up to you | |
Singing, ‽Glory Hallelujah†| |
And they're tryin' to sock it to you | |
In the name of the Lord | |
They're gonna teach you how to meditate | |
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith | |
And further more to hell with hate | |
Come on and get on board | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking 'bout you and me | |
And the games people play | |
Look around, tell me what you see | |
What's happening to you and me | |
God grant me the serenity | |
To remember who I am | |
'Cause you've given up your sanity | |
For your pride and your vanity | |
Turns you sad on humanity | |
And you don't give a da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking 'bout you and me | |
And the games people play |
Oh, the games people play now | |
Every night and every day now | |
Never meaning what they say now | |
Never saying what they mean | |
And they wile away the hours | |
In their ivory towers | |
Till they' re covered up with flowers | |
In the back of a black limousine | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking ' bout you and me | |
And the games people play | |
Oh, we make one another cry | |
Break a heart then we say goodbye | |
Cross our hearts and we hope to die | |
That the other was to blame | |
Neither one will give in | |
So, we gaze at our eight by ten | |
Thinking ' bout the things that might have been | |
It' s a dirty rotten shame | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking ' bout you and me | |
And the games people play | |
People walking up to you | |
Singing, Glory Hallelujah | |
And they' re tryin' to sock it to you | |
In the name of the Lord | |
They' re gonna teach you how to meditate | |
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith | |
And further more to hell with hate | |
Come on and get on board | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking ' bout you and me | |
And the games people play | |
Look around, tell me what you see | |
What' s happening to you and me | |
God grant me the serenity | |
To remember who I am | |
' Cause you' ve given up your sanity | |
For your pride and your vanity | |
Turns you sad on humanity | |
And you don' t give a da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da | |
La, da, da, da, da, da, de | |
Talking ' bout you and me | |
And the games people play |