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The Games People Play Song Lyrics and Chords by Joe South
The Games People Play
Written and Recorded by Joe South
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Oh the games people play now every night and every
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day
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say now
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never saying what they
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mean
And they wile away the hours in their ivory
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towers
Till they're covered up with
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flowers in the
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back of a black limou
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sine
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de
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you and me
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And the games people
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play
Oh we make one another cry break a heart then we
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say
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hope to die
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that the other was to
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blame
Neither one will give in so we gaze at our
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eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that
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might have been
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it's a dirty rotten
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shame
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People walking up to you singing glory halle
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lulia
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to sock it to you
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in the name of the
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Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope
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cheat your faith
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hell with hate
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come on and get on
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board
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Look around tell me what you see what's happening to
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you and me
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renity
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to remember who I
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am
Cause you've given up your sanity for your pride and your
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vanity
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manity
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and you don't give a
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da da da da da
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Games People Play?
- The song The Games People Play was sang by Joe South.
Who is Joe South?
- Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter February 28, 1940 - September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for "Games People Play" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for "Rose Garden".
