What Same Old Game is about
One of the most stripped-down songs on Built To Refuse, written like a terrace chant. Same street, different year, same excuses: "They get rich, we get blame." It's about a game where the same names always win and everyone else pays twice.
Same Old Game lyrics
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Same street
Different year
Same excuses
Everywhere
They say wait
They say soon
We’ve been waiting
Since the womb
Who gets in
Not us
Who decides
Not us
Same old game
Hey hey
Same old game
Hey hey
They get rich
Hey hey
We get blame
Hey hey
Same old game
Hey hey
Same old game
Hey hey
They get rich
Hey hey hey
We get blame
Hey hey
Same names
On the doors
Same hands
On the score
They move lines
Call it fair
Funny how
They’re never there
Who pays first
We do
Who pays twice
We do
Same old game
Hey hey
Same old game
Hey hey
Stacked deck
Hey hey hey
Rigged from day
Hey hey
They say behave
We say no
They say calm down
We say no
They say be grateful
We say no
Same old game
Same old game
Same old game
Our voice
Our names
We’re not playing