Songwriter: Joe South
Producer: Chips Moman
Oh, the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
And to while away the hours
In the ivory towers
'Til they're covered up with flowers
In the back of black limousine
Lan, da da da da-da
Lan da da da da-dee
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Oh, we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say good-bye
Cross our hearts
And we hope to die
That the other was to blame
Neither one will ever give in
So we gaze at an eight-by-ten
Thinkin' 'bout the things that might have been
It's a dirty rotten shame
People walking up to you
Singin' glory hallelujah!
And they try to sock it to you, ha
In the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope
And cheat your hate
Come on, get on board
Look around
Tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God, grant me serenity
Just to remember who I am
'Cause you're giving up your sanity
For your back on humanity
And you don't give a da, da da
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
And to while away the hours
In the ivory towers
'Til they're covered up with flowers
In the back of black limousine
Lan, da da da da-da
Lan da da da da-dee
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Oh, we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say good-bye
Cross our hearts
And we hope to die
That the other was to blame
Neither one will ever give in
So we gaze at an eight-by-ten
Thinkin' 'bout the things that might have been
It's a dirty rotten shame
People walking up to you
Singin' glory hallelujah!
And they try to sock it to you, ha
In the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope
And cheat your hate
Come on, get on board
Look around
Tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God, grant me serenity
Just to remember who I am
'Cause you're giving up your sanity
For your back on humanity
And you don't give a da, da da
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Memphis Portrait (1970)
Brenda Lee popular songs
- Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- I’m Sorry
- Sweet Nothin’s
- If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
- Sweet Memories
- I’m a Memory
- Organ Grinder’s Swing
- Build A Big Fence
- Softly, As I Leave You
- Kiss Away
- Teach Me Tonight
- Tragedy
- Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You
- Heart In Hand
- Too Many Rivers
- That’s All You Gotta Do
- We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- Tell Me What It’s Like
- It Started All Over Again
- I’ll Always Be In Love With You
- Lover Come Back To Me
- Anybody But Me
- (If I’m Dreaming) Just Let Me Dream