Games People Play - Dick Gaughan

The games people play now

Every night and every day now

Never meaning what they say now

Never saying what they mean

While they while away the hours

In their ivory towers

'til they cover them with flowers

In the back of a black limousine

We make one another cry

Break a heart then we say goodbye

Cross our hearts and hope to die

That the other was to blame

Neither one of us will give in

And don’t you know it is a sin

When you think of things that might have been

Well it’s a goddamned shame

People walking right up to ya

Singing Glory Hallelujah

And they try to sock it to ya

In the name of the Lord

They teach you how to meditate

Read your horoscope and see all your fate

And it’s almost to Hell with hate

Come on brother get on board

So look around you tell me what do you see

What’s happening to you and me

God gave us this serenity

But he said remember who I am

For you’ve thrown away your sanity

For your pride and your vanity

Turned your back on Humanity

And you don’t give a damn