THE NAME OF THE GAME

I’ve seen you twice
in a short time
only a week since we started
it seems to me
for every time
I’m getting more openhearted

I was an impossible case
no one ever could reach me
but I think I can see in your face
there’s a lot you can teach me so I wanna know

What’s the name of the game
does it mean anything to you
what’s the name of the game
can you feel it the way I do

Tell me please ’cause I have to know
I’m a bashful child beginning to grow

And you make me talk
and you make me feel
and you make me show
what I’m trying to conceal
if I trust in you
would you let me down
would you laugh at me

If I said I care for you
could you feel the same way too
I wanna know the name of the game

I have no friends
no one to see
and I am never invited
now I am here
talking to you
no wonder I get excited

Your smile and the sound of your voice
and the way you see through me
got a feeling you give me no choice
but it means a lot to me so I wanna know

What’s the name of the game
does it mean anything to you
what’s the name of the game
can you feel it the way I do

Tell me please ’cause I have to know
I’m a bashful child beginning to grow

And you make me talk
and you make me feel
and you make me show
what I’m trying to conceal
if I trust in you
would you let me down
would you laugh at me

If I said I care for you
could you feel the same way too
I wanna know
Oh yes I wanna know
the name of the game

i Wonder (Departure)

This park and these houses
old streets I have walked everything dear
will it be here one day when I am returning

My friends will get married
have children and homes it sounds so nice
well-planned and wise never expecting surprises

I wonder
it’s frightening
leaving now is that the right thing
I wonder
it scares me
but who the hell am I
if I don’t even try
I’m not a coward
oh no, I’ll be strong one chance in a lifetime
yes, I will take it
it can’t go wrong

My friends and my family
this dull little town buses I’ve missed
boys that I’ve kissed everything old and familiar

I wonder
it’s frightening
leaving now is that the right thing
I wonder
it scares me
but who the hell am I
if I don’t even try
I’m not a coward
oh no, I’ll be strong one chance in a lifetime
yes, I will take it
yes, I will take it
it can’t go wrong

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