What Games People Are Playing

It's an amazing thing in our culture, everybody is afflicted with ontological guilt
For example, if a policeman comes to the door
Everybody is instantly frightened, you wonder, “What on Earth have I done?”
And there are certain clergy who are absolute experts in making you feel guilty
They’re really marvelous
And they're a clergy of all kinds, all classes, and for all levels of intelligence
And they can make you feel real guilty [Laughs]

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Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play

Now you see the thing is, that really is a puzzle, they don't admit they’re playing games
And when a person is playing games, and doesn't admit that they're playing games
Then you have some kind of a trickster who isn't really being fair to you
Now of course the game, that this game is not a game, has a certain kind of a fascinating quality to it
How mixed up can we all get? Let's try
How mixed up can we all get? Let's try
See, there is a certain possibility in that
I would like to go insane and be as insane as anybody has ever been
And be the far-est out crazy nut in the world
See, that's a game, but it's not a good game
It’s a game being played by a person who didn’t really understand that every day life was a game too
And I think the most important thing is to admit this

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Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play
Only, you have to watch always
What games people are play