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Artist: Mariama
Canonical path: /mariama/the-name-of-the-game
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The Name of the Game
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The Name of the Game
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I was looking for love
In all the wrong places
I was trying to find a place to hide
Sheltered from the storm burning on the inside
Why oh why I ask myself is it still hurting
Well I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
We shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
We shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
It wasn’t love
Just a silly game we played
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
But it wasn’t love
Just a silly game we played
Heyeahyeahy
I was looking for love
For all the wrong reasons I thought I could trust heyyeah
With my feet being afraid of the ground
And I hoped I could learn from those
Who don’t even know themselves
Well I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
We shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
We shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
But it wasn’t love
Just a silly game we played
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
But it wasn’t love
Just a silly game we played
So why do we call it love?
When it’s really madness
Why do we call it love?
When all that it leads to is sadness
Why do we call it love?
When we don’t even know what we’re handeling
Why do we call it love?
When all we do is rambling and gambling
Well I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
We shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
I shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
Oh the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
How could I play without knowing
The name of the game
I guess the joke’s on me
You’re not to blame
We shoudn’t play without knowing
The name of the game
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
But it wasn’t love
Just a silly game we played
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
But it wasn’t love
Just a silly game we played
It wasn’t love
We thought it was
But it wasn’t love
Just a childish game with no name
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