Oh, the games people play now
Ev'ry night and ev'ry day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean

While they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine

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Talking 'bout you and me
And the games people play, now

Oh, we make one another cry
Break a heart, then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame

But neither one will ever give in
So we gaze on an eight-by-ten
Thinkin' 'bout the things that might have been
And it's a dirty rotten shame

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People walkin' up to you
Singin' glory hallelujah
And they're tryin' to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord

They're gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board

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Look around, tell me what you see
What's happenin' to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To just remember who I am

'Cause you've given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turned your back on humanity
Oh, and you don't give a - da-da-da-da-da-da ....

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