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_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 pop
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Posted: 3/1/2009
