Games People Play Lyrics - Classic Masters - Joe South

Oh the games people play now 

Every night and every day now 

Never meaning what they say now 

Never saying what they mean 

While they wile away the hours 

In their ivory towers 

Till they're covered up with flowers 

In the back of a black limousine 

Chorus 

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 

But neither one ever will give in 

So we gaze at an eight by ten 

Thinking 'bout the things that might have been 

and It's a dirty rotten shame 

Repeat Chorus 

People walking up to you 

Singing glory hallelujah 

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 fate 

And further more to hell with hate 

Come on and get on board 

Repeat Chorus 

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 

Turned your back on humanity 

And you don't give a da da da da da 

Repeat Chorus