Oh the games people play now
Every night and every 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

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

Neither one will give in
Though we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been
And it's a dirty rotten shame

People walking up to you
Singing glory hallelujah
Ten they try to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord

They're gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope and cheat your faith
And further more to hell with hate
Come on, get on board
Look around tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am

'Cause you've given up your sanity
All your pride and your vanity
Turn you back on humanity
And you don't give a la da da da da
Talking 'bout you and me
And the games people play