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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

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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

Neither one will ever give in,

 so we gaze at our eight by ten

 Thinking 'bout the things that might have been,

 it's a dirty rotten shame

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 and the games people play, now

2x

People walking up to you,

 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

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 Talking 'bout you and me,

 and the games people play

Look around tell me what you see,

 what's happening to you and me

 God grant me the serenity,

 to just remember who I am, woh ah

Cause you've given up your sanity,

 for your pride and your vanity

 Turn your back on humanity,

 and you don't give a da da da da da

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 and the games people play 3x