Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project

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 Talking about 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 And neither one will give in So we gaze at our eight by ten Thinking about the things that might have been It's a dirty rotten shame Talking about you and me And the games people play People walking up to you Singing Glory Hallelujah And they're trying 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 Further more to hell with hate Come on and get on board Talking about you and me And the games people play Look around and tell me what you see What's happening 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 Turns you sad on humanity And you don't give a da, da, dam, da, da Talking about you and me And the games people play Talking about you and me And the games people play Talking about you and me And the games people play Talking about you and me And the games people play Talking about you and me And the games people play Oh, talking about you and me And the games people play

Oh the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meaning what they say now Never saying what they mean So they while away the hours In their ivory towers Till there covered up with flowers In the back of a black limousine Talkin bout you and me And the games people play Oh we make one another cry Break our heart Then we say goodbye Cause our heart say We hope to die Let the other one to blame Neither one will ever give in So were gazing at an 8 by 10 Thinking bout the way It might have been Its a dirty, rotten, shame Talkin bout you and me And the games people play People walking up to ya Sayin glory, hallelujah And they try to sock it to ya In the name of the Lord They gonna teach you How to meditate Read your horoscope And cheat your faith And furthermore to hell with hate Come on and get on board Talkin bout you and me And the games people play Look around tell me What you see Whats happening to you and me God grant me the serenity To remember who I am Cause your giving up your sanity For your pride and your vanity Turn your back on humanity And you don't give a damn Talkin bout you and me And the games people play (Repeat till end)

Oh the games people play now Every night and everyday now Never meanin' what they say now Never sayin' what they mean While they waol away the hours In their ivory towers To be covered up with flowers In the back of a black limousine Oh, we made one another cry Break our hearts when we say goodbye Cross our hearts say we hope to die "Cept the other one's to blame Neither one will ever give in So we gaze at an 8 by 10 Thinkin' 'bout things that might have been OW, It's a dirty rotten shame CHORUS: Latten da latten da da da Latten da latten da da de Talkin' 'bout you and me And the games people play People walkin up a to ya Singin Glory Hallelujah Sayin' what the hell's it to ya If I do it in the name of the Lord Gonna teach you how to meditate Read your horoscope, cheat your fate Brother I'm gonna elevate Come on let's get on board Chorus (x2) Look around tell me what you see What's happenin' to you and me God grant me the serenity To remember who I am Cause you're givin up your sanity For your pride and your vanity Turn your back on humanity OW, When you don't give a damn Not a damn CHORUS Latten da Latten da da da Latten da Latten da da de Talkin' bout everybody Talkin' bout you Ah you and me You and me I'm a talkin bout the games The games we all play Latten da Latten da da da (La da da) Latten da Latten da da de (Latten da da de) Oh the games Talkin' bout the games people play Latten da latten da da da Latten da latten da da de (Repeat to fade)

There are pyramids in my head There's one underneath my bed And my lady's getting cranky Every possible location Has a simple explanation And it isn't hanky-panky I had read Somewhere in a book They improve all your food and your wine, it said That everything you grow in your garden Would taste pretty fine, instead All I ever get is a pain in the neck And a yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap-yap I've consulted all the sages I could find in yellow pages But there aren't many of them And the Mayan panoramas On my pyramid pajamas Haven't helped my little problem I've been told Someone in the know Can be sure that his luck is as good as gold Money in the bank And you don't even pay for it, if you fold A dollar in the shape Of the pyramid that's printed on the back It's no lie You can keep the edge Of a razor as sharp as an eagle's eye You can grow a hedge That is vertically straight over ten feet high All you really need is a pyramid and just a little luck La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ooh La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ooh I had read Somewhere in a book They improve all your food and wine And I've been told Someone in the know can be sure of his good luck And it's no lie All you really need is a little bit of pyramidic help

Watching, waiting Rising, falling Listening, calling Drifting Touching, feeling (I see your) Seeing, believing (shadow coming) Hoping, sending (closer every) Leaving (day) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini If I tried to write a million words a day I see your shadow (I could not) Coming closer (say why you and) Then watch you (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) Watching (watching), waiting (waiting) Rising (rising), falling (falling) Listening (listening), calling (calling) Drifting (drifting, drifting, drifting) Touching (touching), feeling (feeling) (I feel your) Seeing (seeing), believing (believing) (shadow coming) Hoping (hoping), sending (sending) (closer every) Leaving (leaving) (day) (Leaving, leaving) I couldn't say why you and I are Gemini We are travelling a million worlds away I see your (watching) shadow (waiting) (I could not) Coming (rising) closer (falling) (say why you and) Then watch you (listening) (I are) Drifting away (Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling) Watch you (watching) (I could) Drifting away (not say why) Falling (falling) (you and I) Listen who's calling (calling, calling) (are Gemini) (Calling, calling, calling, calling, calling)