Games People Play

Mmm 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 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 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-oh-oh-ah Now, look at here People walkin' up to you Singin' 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 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've given up your sanity For your pride and your vanity Turned your back on humanity Oh, and you don't give a Da, da, da, da, da La-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