"The Game" from the 1955 Broadway Musical "Damn Yankees"

Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross

[ROCKY]
We've got to thin about the ga!e"
[ALL]
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
We've got to thin about the ga!e$
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
%oo&e and broads !ay be great$
#hough they're great they'll have to 'ait$
While 'e thin about the ga!e"
[ROCKY]
#here 'as that 'aitress bac in Kansas City$
%uilt (or co!(ort$ du!b but )retty"
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah*
[ROCKY]
Man$ her )er(u!e sure s!elt s'eet$
+ot her u) to !y hotel suite"
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah*
[ROCKY]
,he illed a )int o( gin !ore or less$
#he lights 'ere lo' and she sli)s o( her dress"
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah* Yeah* Yeah*
[ROCKY]
%ut then - thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
[ROCKY]
Oh$ yes$ - thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
[ROCKY]
#hough - got the lady high$
- .ust le(t her high and dry$
Cause - thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
/e thought about the ga!e"
[,MOK0Y]
#here 'as that 1ull!an car that - got lost in$
On a slee)er out o( %oston"
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah*
[,MOK0Y]
Co!)art!ent doors all loo the sa!e there
Waled in one and there's this da!e there"
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah*
[,MOK0Y]
%londe$ and staced$ and absolutely bare$
And nothin' se)aratin' us but air"
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah* Yeah* Yeah*
[,MOK0Y]
%ut then - thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
[,MOK0Y]
Oh$ yes$ - thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
[,MOK0Y]
#hough !y heart said stay (or tea$
All - said 'as )ardon !e"
Cause - thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
/e thought about the ga!e"
[M-CK0Y]
When a chic gives you the eye$ re!e!ber2
[ALL]
Abstain"
[LOW0]
When you're dyin' (or so!e rye$ re!e!ber2
[ALL]
Re(rain"
[/03RY]
-( you're losin' at cra) and the cloc says it's eleven$
And suddenly each roll you roll24huh42 co!es u) a seven$
And you're in the ind o( dive$ 'here !en are !en$
[ALL]
%e )olite$ say goodnight$ you should be in bed by ten"
[,MOK0Y]
When your !other baes you caes$ re!e!ber2
[ALL]
,tay thin"
[ROCKY]
When you're issin' till it aches$ re!e!ber2
[ALL]
5on't give in"
0very rule 'e shall obey to be sure$
Cause to 'in 'e've gotta stay$ good and )ure$
+ood and )ure" M!!6
[,MOK0Y]
/ey$ Roc$ re!e!ber those t'ins 'e too a ride 'ith$
O)eratin' side by side 'ith$
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah*
[,MOK0Y]
We're out o( gas three !iles (ro! 1hilly$
[ROCKY]
#he night is 'ar!7 the sy's a dilly$
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah*
[ROCKY]
,o - suggest 'e slee) beneath a tree
[,MOK0Y]
With no one there but Roc$ the chics$ and !e
[ALL]
Yeah* Yeah* Yeah* Yeah*
[,MOK0Y]
,o$ there 'e are$ lying side by side$ under the tree
[ROCKY]
8our !inds 'ith a single thought
[,MOK0Y]
- loo at !y girl$
[ROCKY]
- loo at !ine
[,MOK0Y]
#hen 'ith one (ell s'oo)2
[ALL]
%ut then they thought about the ga!e"
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
[ROCKY 9 ,MOK0Y]
Oh$ yes$ 'e thought about the ga!e"
[ALL]
#he ga!e$ the ga!e"
#o our 'o!en one and all$
We 'ill see you in the (all$
%ut (or no' 'e've got to stall$
0very da!e"
And thin about the ga!e"
#hin about the ga!e$
#hin about the$ thin about the$ thin about the$ thin about the$
#hin about the ga!e"