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Games - The Nova Local

"Games" by "The Nova Local"
Played on the Teenage Wasteland
July 24, 2005 at 11 minutes, 17 seconds

This song was recorded in 1967. It was written by the Lead singer of The Nova Local, Mr. Randy Winburn. It features great harmonies over guitar, bass guitar and drums. The band was formed in Chapel Hill, NC. For more info, see our LINKS, below. To hear the song, click this button:

LYRICS

Games by The Nova Local

(Background vocals in parenthesis)

Don't look, you can't never see.
So why bother tryin'?
Turn your back on me.

Out there, you fit so well. (out there)
What's there? You can not tell. (what's there)
Your games just don't make sense, (your games)
when you play them at my expense.
Yeah, when you play them at my expense. (play them at my expense)

Baby, open your eyes. (open your eyes girl yeah)
Look around you, is it real? (is this all real)
Baby, I can see, I can think, I can feel. (what will you feel)
I can feel.

Don't cry, you have got no tears.
So why bother tryin'?
It just might take years
for you to realize. (for you)
It's true, you hear no cries. (it's true)
Your games just don't make sense, (your games)
when you play them at my expense.
Yeah, when you play them at my expense. (play them at my expense)

[guitar break]

Out there, you fit so well. (out there)
What's there? You can not tell. (what's there)
Your games just don't make sense, (your games)
when you play them at my expense.
Yeah, when you play them at my expense. (play them at my expense)

Baby, open your eyes. (open your eyes girl yeah)
Look around you, is it real? (is this all real)
Baby, I can see, I can think, I can feel. (what will you feel)
I can see, I can think, I can feel. (I can see, I can think, I can feel.)
I can see, I can think, I can feel. (I can see, I can think, I can feel.)

LINKS

  • "Games" can be found on the "Echoes in Time" comp by Solar Records. Click here for some info on that comp.
  • The Nova Local made one album, "Nova 1", originally on Decca, reissued by Radioactive Records ("Games" is NOT on it). Buy it online at CD Universe or Forced Exposure
  • Click here to read the All Music Guide article on The Nova Local.
  • Click here to see a fan's review of The Nova Local's music. Warning! Adult language.
  • Click here to read a biography on Rand(y) Winburn, singer and writer for The Nova Local. He is now publishing a controversial Christian web site called IconBusters.
 
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