Escrita por
Joe South, foi lançada em dezembro de 1968 num compacto que tinha
Mirror of your mind como Lado B. Ele ganhou um Grammy for melhor
canção conteporânea e um Grammy pela canção do ano em 1969.
Fala sobre
as várias formas de irresponsabilidade dos seres humanos, ódio,
hipocrisia, falta de humanidade e intolerância, nas interações
sociais e pessoais. Chegou ao número 12 dos charts pop americanos.
Também chegou ao número 6 no Reino Unido.
A letra:
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
La-da da da da da de
Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine
In their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine
[Chorus:]
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking 'bout you and me
And the games people play
La-da da da da da de
Talking 'bout you and me
And the games people play
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
Break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame
Neither one will give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been
It's a dirty rotten shame
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been
It's a dirty rotten shame
[Chorus]
People walking up to you
Singing glory hallelulia
And they're tryin to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord
Singing glory hallelulia
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
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board
[Chorus]
Look around tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am
What's happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turns you sad on humanity
And you don't give a da da da da da
For your pride and your vanity
Turns you sad on humanity
And you don't give a da da da da da
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