"Games People Play" - Joe South - 1969

Get the latest Flash player

murphicus
February 24, 2007

Make sure to visit www.joesouth.com 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.or...

Make sure to visit www.joesouth.com

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_Pe...(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.

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]

-Joe South

Category: Music

Tags:

1969 Oh The Games People Play Joe South Hush Don't It Make You Want To Go Home 60's 70's

More From: murphicus

Play All Stop Autoplaying | Play Next

QuickList(0)

Clear | Save

851 ratings

444,700 views

Favorite

Playlists

Flag

Want to add to Favorites? Sign In or Sign Up now!

Want to add to Playlists? Sign In or Sign Up now!

Want to flag a video? Sign In or Sign Up now!

Statistics & Data

Video Responses (3)

JanSchaf...

chagnampra

cristian...

View All - Play All

Text Comments (428) Options

blueticecho (1 hour ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

As Mr. Nixon said.. Sock it tooo me!!!!

vseas3 (6 days ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

I Love his voice!!!!!!!

Lippizahner (1 week ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

Love the South!!!!! Great Song - always!

WearingOff (1 week ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

I adore this song.
My friend once sang it to me because I asked him why people were always trying to break us up.

murphicus (1 week ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

The 1st video response above "JanSchaf" is a good 70's instrumental version from Sweden...

toratoratora4145 (1 week ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

I was wrong, he did it exclusively for house. When I realized I was wrong almost immediately after I posted that. Don Williams is the closest commercially available to JT, so if you want one that sounds similar go with him.

ole9421 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

My parents owned and operated a bar/tavern when I was just out of diapers in a small farming community back in the late 60's and 70's. We had an old Wulitzer Juke Box in the corner and every two weeks the record guy would come to change out the old ones with new ones. And each time I was there waiting with a dollars worth of quarters to buy four of my favorites that would be changed out. And this particular song was an all time favorite of mine.

DougPatton1 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

Multi-talent solo writer,singer, player, muso, Soul Poet - Georgia Boy Joe South.

thumper549 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

This is version to strive for..James taylor sounds the same song after song

toratoratora4145 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

Marked as spam

I can't find it anywhere, James Taylor's website doesn't have it as a song that he played. Maybe he did it exclusively for House?

Showing 10 of 428 comments

Show More Comments

View All 428 comments

Would you like to comment?

Join YouTube for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.

YouTube	Programs	Help	Policy	Discover
Contact Us	Advertising	Get Help	Privacy Policy	YouTube on Your Phone
YouTube Store	Developers	YouTube Handbook	Terms of Service	YouTube on Your Site
Press Room	Partnerships	Community Help Forums	Copyright Notices	YouTube on Your TV
Business Blog	Content Management	Safety Center	Community Guidelines	YouTube RSS Feeds
YouTube Blog		Creator's Corner		TestTube

Add YouTube to your Google homepage

Current Location: Taiwan Show locations

"Games People Play" - Joe South - 1969

More From: murphicus

QuickList(0)

Related Videos

Statistics & Data

Video Responses (3)

Text Comments (428) Options

Would you like to comment?