Ohh, the games people play now   Every night and every day now   Never meaning what they say now   Never saying what they mean      Know they while away the hours   In their ivory towers   Till they`re covered up in flowers   In the back of a black limousine      La, da, la, da, da, da, da   La, da, da, da, da, de   I'm a talkin' about you and me   And the games people play      You know we make one another cry   We break our hearts and we say goodbye   We cross our hearts and we hope to die   Now, let the other was to blame      We need a woman that will give in   So we gaze at an eight by ten   Wanderin' about the things that might have been   And it's a dirty rotten shame      La, da, la, da, da, da, da   La, da, da, da, da, de   I'm a talkin' about you and me   And the games people play      Now wait a minute   They come walkin' up to ya   Singing glory hallelujah   Let me try to sock it to ya   In the name of the Lord      They only show ya how to meditate   Read your horoscope, cheat your fate   Furthermore to hell with hate   C'mon and get on board      La, da, la, da, da, da, da   La, da, da, da, da, de   I'm a talkin' about you and me   And the games people play      Look around baby what'd you see?   What's been happening to you and me?   God granted the serenity   To remember who I am      'Cause you've given up your sanity   Ohh, your pride and your vanity   You turn your back on humanity   And you don't give a la, la, la, la, la, la      La, da, la, da, da, da, da   La, da, da, da, da, de   I'm a talkin' about you and me   And the games people play      La, da, la, da, da, da, da   La, da, da, da, da, de   I'm a talkin' about you and me   And the games people play