Cover art for A Simple Game by The Four Tops
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A Simple Game Lyrics

[Verse 1]
As time goes by, you will see
That we're going to be free
You and me, we'll touch the sky
Can't you see in your mind's eye?

[Chorus]
That we are one, we're all the same
And life is just a simple game
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do-do)

[Verse 2]
There by your side (Oh, yeah) I will be (Oh, yeah)
When this crazy world is free
Free from doubt, when it finds out
Exactly what we're meant to be

[Chorus]
That we are one, we're all the same
And life is just a simple game
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do-do)
[Bridge]
Thoughts of another day
Flashing through my head
Thinking how life could be
All of the things that I lately have said

[Alt. Chorus]
Be what you wanna be
What we deserve to be
What we are meant to be
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do-do)

[Verse 3]
As time goes by (Oh, yeah), you will see
That we're going to be free
You and me, we'll touch the sky
Can't you see in your mind's eye?

[Chorus]
That we are one, we're all the same
And life is just a simple game
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do-do)
[Outro]
Oh, you and me (You and me)
We'll touch the sky (We'll touch the sky)
Oh, can't you see? (Can't you see?)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Oh, do-do-do (Do-do-do)
Do-do-do (Do-do-do-do)
Oh, you and I, we'll touch the sky...

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Genius Annotation

Released in 1971, this song is a cover of the 1968 non-album B-side by The Moody Blues. It charted place 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1971. A version released in the US in 1972 only managed to reach place 90 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

The version released in the UK featured the song “You Stole My Love” as a B-side, whereas the U.S. version featured the track “L.A. (My Town)” as a B-side.

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    You Stole My Love (Missing Lyrics)
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Recorded At
Wessex Studios, London, UK (May 5th, 1970)
Released on
September 10, 1971
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