Name of the game
(The final version of this song does not include the second verse, although parts of it are sung by the background choir at times. Verse has been included here for those who are interested, the actual song merges the two choruses into one another and skips all the text in italics entirely. Midi follows the actual song.)

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 open-hearted

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 put me down
would you laugh at me?
If I said I cared 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 you are here, talking to me
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 put me down
would you laugh at me?
If I said I cared you, could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know, oh yes I wanna know
the name of the game

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