Games People Play - 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 

And 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 

Neither one will give in 
So we gaze at our eight by ten 
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been 
It's a dirty rotten shame 

Repeat Chorus 

People walking up to you 
Singing glory hallelulia 
And they're tryin 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 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 
Turns you sad on humanity 
And you don't give a da da da da da 

Repeat Chorus