Games People Play

(Joe South)

Wanda Jackson & Mike Post



Well, the games people now

Every night and every day now

Never meanin' what they say now

Never sayin' what they mean.



While they wile away the hours

In their ivory towers

Till they're covered up with flowers

In the back of a black limousine.



Lotten da la da da da

Lotten da la a dee de dee

Talkin' bout you and me

And the games people play.



Well, 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.



'Cause neither one will ever give in

So they gaze at an eight by ten

Thinkin' 'bout the things that might have been

It's a dirty rotten shame.



People walkin' up to ya

singing glory hallelujah

And they're tryin' to sock it to ya

in the name of the Lord.



They're gonna teach you how to meditate

Read your horoscope and cheat your fate

And furthermore forget about hate

come on and get on board.



Lotten da la da da da

Lotten da la a dee de dee

Talkin' bout you and me

And the games people play.



Well, look around and tell me what you see

What's happened to you and to me

God grand me the serenity

To just remember who I am.



'Cause you've given up a sanity

For a pride and your vanity

Turn your back on humanity

and you don't give a da da da.



Lotten da la da da da

Lotten da la a dee de dee

Talkin' bout you and me

And the games people play.



Talkin' bout you and me

And the games people play...