Games People Play Lyrics - Merle Haggard Live! - Merle Haggard

Oh, the games people play now 

Every night and every day now 

Never meanin' what they say now 

And never sayin' what they mean 

So, they while away the hours 

In their ivory towers 

Till they're covered up with flowers 

In the back of a black limousine 

La, de, da, da, da, da, da, da 

La, de, da, da, da, da, de 

Talkin' 'bout you and me 

And the games people play 

Lord, they make one another cry 

Break their hearts and never say goodbye 

Cross their hearts and they hope to die 

That the other was to blame 

And neither one would ever give in 

So they gaze at an eight by ten 

Thinkin' 'bout the ways it might have been 

And it's a dirty rotten shame 

La, de, da, da, da, da, da, da 

La, de, da, da, da, da, de 

Talkin' 'bout you and me 

And the games people play 

People walkin' up to you 

They're singin' 'Glory Hallelujah' 

And they're tryin' to sock it to you 

In the name of the Lord 

They gonna teach you how to meditate 

Read your horoscope and cheat your fate 

Further more to hell with hate 

Come on and get on board 

La, de, da, da, da, da, da, da 

La, de, da, da, da, da, de 

Talkin' 'bout you and me 

And the games people play 

Look around and tell me what you see 

What's happenin' to you and me 

God, grant me the serenity 

To just remember who I am 

'Cause you've given up your sanity 

For your pride and your vanity 

Turn your back on humanity 

And you don't give a da, da, da, da, da 

La, de, da, da, da, da, da, da 

La, de, da, da, da, da, de 

Talkin' 'bout you and me 

And the games people play 

Talkin' 'bout you and me 

And the games people play