Released: May 29, 2020
Featuring: Alan Watts
Songwriter: A Narkiewicz & Alan Watts
Producer: Akira The Don
It's an amazing thing in our culture, everybody is afflicted with ontological guilt
For example, if a policeman comes to the door
Everybody is instantly frightened, you wonder, “What on Earth have I done?”
And there are certain clergy who are absolute experts in making you feel guilty
They’re really marvelous
And they're a clergy of all kinds, all classes, and for all levels of intelligence
And they can make you feel real guilty [Laughs]
[Chorus]
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Now you see the thing is, that really is a puzzle, they don't admit they’re playing games
And when a person is playing games, and doesn't admit that they're playing games
Then you have some kind of a trickster who isn't really being fair to you
Now of course the game, that this game is not a game, has a certain kind of a fascinating quality to it
How mixed up can we all get? Let's try
How mixed up can we all get? Let's try
See, there is a certain possibility in that
I would like to go insane and be as insane as anybody has ever been
And be the far-est out crazy nut in the world
See, that's a game, but it's not a good game
It’s a game being played by a person who didn’t really understand that every day life was a game too
And I think the most important thing is to admit this
[Chorus]
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
For example, if a policeman comes to the door
Everybody is instantly frightened, you wonder, “What on Earth have I done?”
And there are certain clergy who are absolute experts in making you feel guilty
They’re really marvelous
And they're a clergy of all kinds, all classes, and for all levels of intelligence
And they can make you feel real guilty [Laughs]
[Chorus]
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Now you see the thing is, that really is a puzzle, they don't admit they’re playing games
And when a person is playing games, and doesn't admit that they're playing games
Then you have some kind of a trickster who isn't really being fair to you
Now of course the game, that this game is not a game, has a certain kind of a fascinating quality to it
How mixed up can we all get? Let's try
How mixed up can we all get? Let's try
See, there is a certain possibility in that
I would like to go insane and be as insane as anybody has ever been
And be the far-est out crazy nut in the world
See, that's a game, but it's not a good game
It’s a game being played by a person who didn’t really understand that every day life was a game too
And I think the most important thing is to admit this
[Chorus]
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
more tracks from the album
WATTSWAVE VI: THE WEB OF LIFE 2
- The Secret
- Your Idea of Heaven
- Playful
- What Games People Are Playing
- That’s What’s It’s All About
- I Don’t Know What It’s About
- She Loves Me
- Listen Kids!
- Do Things That Are Delighful To You
- Patterns
- The Sound of the Rain Needs No Explanation
- From a Certain Point Of View
- Gangster Arrangment
- Consider Death
- YOU! LOVE! YOURSELF!
- The Shadow
- Complete Honesty
- That Thing Which Really Is Genuine
- It’s A Trap
- A Rhythm Doing A Rhythm
From the album
Akira The Don & Alan Watts popular songs
- The Secret
- From a Certain Point Of View
- Gangster Arrangment
- Consider Death
- YOU! LOVE! YOURSELF!
- The Shadow
- Complete Honesty
- That Thing Which Really Is Genuine
- It’s A Trap
- The Sound of the Rain Needs No Explanation
- Patterns
- Your Idea of Heaven
- Playful
- What Games People Are Playing
- I Don’t Know What It’s About
- She Loves Me
- Listen Kids!
- Do Things That Are Delighful To You
- A Rhythm Doing A Rhythm