GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Writer Joe South Oh the games people now every night and every day now Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean So they wile away the hours in their ivory towers Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine La la lotten da da da la la lotten da da dee I'm talkin' bout you and me and the games people play Oh we make one another cry break the hearts then we say goodbye Cross the hearts and we hope to die that the other one's to blame Neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame La la lotten da da da.... Oh they'll teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate And furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board Look around tell me what you see what's a happened to you and to me God grand me the serenity to just remember who I am La la lotten da da da.... La la lotten da da da....