Games People Play

Mm-la-da-da, da-da-da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da da, da-dee

La-da-da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da-da

Whoa, the games people play now

Every night and every day now

Never meanin' what they say now

And 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, woah-ah

La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da da, da-dee

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, whoa-ah

But neither one ever will 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, whoa-ah

La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da da, da-dee

Talkin' 'bout you and me

And the games people play now, now

Oh, yes

Oh, alright

Oh, yes

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

Whoa-oh-oh

Say, look here

People walkin' up to you

Singin' glory hallelujah, ha-ha

And they try 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 furthermore, to hell with hate

C'mon on, get on board, whoa-ah

La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da da, da-dee

Talkin' 'bout you and me

And the games people play

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, whoa-ah

'Cause you're givin' up your sanity

For your pride and your vanity

Turn your back on humanity

Oh, and you don't give a

Da, da, da, da

Da-da-da-da da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da da, da-dee

I keep a-talkin' 'bout you and me, brother

And the games people play now, now

La-da-da, da-da-da, da-da

La-da-da, da-da da, da-dee

Oh, I'm talkin' 'bout you and me

Oh, and the games people play

I wonder can you come out and play

Oh, early in the mornin'

Oh, yeah

Talkin' 'bout you and me

And the games people play now, now