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Games People Play Lyrics By Joe South

    mmm
    ladada dadada dada
    ladada dadada dadee
    ladada dada
    ladada dadada

    whoa the games people play now
    every night and every day now
    never meanin’ what they say now
    never sayin’ what they mean

    while they wile away the hours
    in their ivory towers
    ’til they’re covered up with flowers
    in the back of a black limousine
    whoaah

    ladada dadada dada
    ladada dada da dadee
    talkin’ ’bout you and me
    and the games people play now

    whoa 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
    whoaah

    4
    but neither one will ever give in
    so we gaze at an eight by ten
    thinkin’ ’bout the things that might have been
    and it’s a dirty rotten shame
    whoaah

    ladada dadada dada
    ladada dada da dadee
    talkin’ ’bout you and me
    and the games people play now

    oh yes
    oh alright
    oh yes
    c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon

    whoa ohohohohoh

    5
    now look here
    people walkin’ up to you
    singin’ glory hallelujah haha
    and they try and to sock it to you
    in the name of the lord

    6
    they’re gonna teach you how to meditate
    read your horoscope cheat your fate
    and furthermore to hell with hate
    come on get on board
    whoaah

    ladada dadada dada
    ladada dada da dadee
    talkin’ ’bout you and me
    and the games people play

    7
    now wait a minute
    look around tell me what you see
    what’s happenin’ to you and me
    god grant me the serenity
    to just remember who i am
    whoaah

    8
    ’cause you’ve given up your sanity
    for your pride and your vanity
    turn you back on humanity
    oh and you don’t give a
    da da da da da

    ladada dadada dada
    ladada dada da dadee
    i’ll keep atalkin’ ’bout you and me brother
    and the games people play now now

    ladada dadada dada
    ladada dada da dadee
    gonna talk ’bout you and me
    oh and the games people play
    i wonder can you come out and play
    early in the mornin’ whoa yes
    talkin’ ’bout you and me
    and the games people play now

    Artist: Joe South

    Year: 1969

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 217