Oh the games people play now
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Every night and every day now
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Never meaning what they say now
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Never saying what they mean
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And they wile away the hours
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In their ivory towers
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Till they're covered up with flowers
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In the back of a black limousine
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La-da da da da da da da
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La-da da da da da de
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Talking 'bout you and me
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And the games people play
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Oh we make one another cry
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Break a heart then we say goodbye
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Cross our hearts and we hope to die
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That the other was to blame
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Neither one will give in
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So we gaze at our eight by ten
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Thinking 'bout the things that might have been
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It's a dirty rotten shame
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People walking up to you
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Singing glory hallelulia
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And they're tryin to sock it to you
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In the name of the Lord
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They're gonna teach you how to meditate
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Read your horoscope, cheat your faith
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And further more to hell with hate
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Come on and get on board
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Look around tell me what you see
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What's happening to you and me
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God grant me the serenity
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To remember who I am
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Cause you've given up your sanity
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For your pride and your vanity
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Turns you sad on humanity
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And you don't give a da da da da da
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Games People Play
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Joe South |