Song Of The Day - "Games People Play" by Joe South - Saturday, 3/19/2011

Published by Lois Lame, Assistant Editor

Date:  3/19/2011
Post:  1,880

People "play games".  And a lot of those "games" aren't too nice.  The "games" that are played destroy personal relationships.  And when the people who "play games" are business leaders and politicians, trust and confidence in business and government are inevitably eroded over time.

Lies, deception, head games, intimidation, influence peddling, illicit affairs, sweetheart contracts, boastful pride, character assassination and so it goes!  Do these "games" bring to mind any people you know?

Make sure to visit www.joesouth.com after playing the YouTube video of Joe South below.

There is also a Wikipedia.org page on "The Games People Play" that has some great info on the song. The lyrics below are from that site:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_People_Play_(song)

"Games People Play" is a song written, composed and performed by singer/song-writer Joe South. In 1968, the song was released on Joe's debut album: Introspect. It won the Grammy Award for "Song of the Year" in 1970. The song has been covered by Jerry Lee Lewis, Tesla, The Georgia Satellites, Big Tom and The Mainliners, Bill Haley and His Comets, The Tremeloes, Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon, Ike and Tina Turner, Dreadzone, Hank Williams Jr., Inner Circle as well as others. It was also mentioned in the Brian Wilson song "Games Two Can Play" from his unreleased album "Adult Child".

Noteably, in Singapore circa 1969, an instrumental version showed-up on a single by The White Crane Orchestra. The reggae band Inner Circle also released a cover version which was quite popular in Europe for a while in the mid-90s. In 2006, it was covered by Jools Holland on his album "Moving Out to the Country" with guest vocalist Marc Almond. The Scottish singer, Dick Gaughan, covered it on his album "A Different Kind of Love Song".

Lyrics

Whoa--the games people play now.
Every night and every day now.
Never meanin' what they say now.
Never sayin' 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.

[Chorus]

La, da, da da, da-da da;
La, da, da da, da-da de...
talkin' 'bout you-n-me
and the games people play--now.

Whoa 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.

But neither one will ever give-in,
so we gaze at an eight-by-ten
thinkin' 'bout the things that might have been
and it's a dirty rotten shame.

[Chorus]

People walkin'-up to ya,
singin' glory hallelujah
'n' they're tryin' ta sock it to ya,
in the name of the Lord.

They're gonna teach you how to meditate,
read your horoscope, cheat your fate.
And furthermore to Hell with hate
Come-on and get-on board.

[Chorus]

Look-around tell me what you see.
What's a-happenin' to you and me?
God grant me the serenity
to jus' remember who I am.

'cause you've given-up your sanity
for your pride and your vanity,
turn your back on humanity;
Oh and you don't give a da da da da da.

[Chorus x 3]



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