Love’s a Game

Love’s a game for jokers and fools

Jokers and fools aren’t playing by the rules

Praying for salvation, slouching on their happy hour stools

 

At first, they are lost, but then they think they’re found

‘cause someone shows up and starts to drag their heart around

 

Love’s a game, not to choose

‘cause in a game, someone’s gotta lose

 

Love’s a game for players and thieves

One’s selling their lies that the other believes

You reap what you sow. You know,

what you give might not always be what you receive

(Sorry, honey. Hate to be the bearer of bad news.)

 

At first, they are lost, but then they think they’re found

‘cause someone shows up and starts to drag their heart around

 

Love’s a game, not to choose

‘cause in a game, someone’s gotta lose

 

Love’s a game for players and thieves

One’s selling their lies that the other believes

You reap what you sow. You know,

What you give might not always be what you receive

(Sorry, honey. Hate to be the bearer of bad news.)

 

Well, don’t you know that it’s been a time-after-time

and a line-after-line?

It’s like a poison fruit right off the tree growing on a tangled vine

Someone’s taking up my bed

Someone’s shaking up my mind

I was praying for some vision, but it only left me blind

 

Love’s a game I don’t wanna play

You can drag me kicking and screaming, but I’ll only run away

You know, I’d love to love you tomorrow, but don’t you see?

I was burned by yesterday

 

And I don’t wanna burn tomorrow

I don’t wanna feel the fire

But I wanna bathe in that river

I wanna swim in that desire