Play Game

Pl-pl-pl-play, pl-pl-play game

Pl-pl-pl-play, pl-pl-play game

Walk through Times Square and what do ya see?

Ugliness where architecture used to be

The glamor and style have been replaced by gaud

Like the sixty-dollar spectacle, it's all a fraud

That's the play game (That's the play game)

So why do I want to play the play game?

That's the play game (That's the play game)

I must be insane to play the play game

Even off-Broadway, it's no guarantee

That some MBA won't decide what you see

Just like America, lackin' innovation

Just gettin' by on glitz and reputation

Just like America, on the decline

Unconcerned with the product, just the bottom line

Write for the movies, write for TV

So what if it's crap? At least you won't write for free

Make thousands of dollars for a first draft

Your life won't depend on whether Frank Rich laughed

So just forget Shakespeare, Beckett, Molière

That's the play game (That's the play game)

That's the play game (That's the play game)

That's the play game

Why do I care?

Play game

Play game

Play game