IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME
THAT YOU WANT US TO PLAY
WHERE YOU'LL HURT EVERYONE
THAT MIGHT BE IN YOUR WAY
AND IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE FOOLS
WATCHING HISTORY REPEAT
BELIEVING WE'RE WON
WHEN WE'RE GETTING BEAT
WE PLAY THE GAME
I WISH NEVER WOULD BEGIN
WE PLAY THE GAME
THE ONE NOBODY EVER WINS
IT'S A DANGEROUS TIME
WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR OWN RULES
THERE'S NOT MUCH CONSEQUENCE
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TO LOSE
I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU OFFER
I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU BRING
YOU'VE LEARNED ALL TOO WELL THAT A STARVING MAN
WILL EAT ANYTHING
WE PLAY THE GAME
I WISH NEVER WOULD BEGIN
WE PLAY THE GAME
THE ONE NOBODY EVER WINS
IT'S A DANGEROUS GAME
WHERE YOU’RE TRYING TO SURVIVE
WHERE EVERYONE LOSES
ON EVERY SIDE
SO OF COURSE HOPE IS FLEETING
BUT I'LL DO WHAT I CAN
TO CHANGE THINGS UP
AND START OVER AGAIN
WE PLAY THE GAME
I WISH NEVER WOULD BEGIN
WE PLAY THE GAME
THE ONE NOBODY EVER WINS
All proceeds from this wide-ranging compilation of rock and Americana go to benefit KIND, which protects the rights of refugee children. Bandcamp New & Notable May 13, 2019
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021
Shearwater team up with film composer and percussionist Brian Reitzell (Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, etc). Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 27, 2015
Shannon Lay put her unique spin on some favorite songs, from Elliott Smith and Vashti Bunyan to Ty Segall and Arthur Russell. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 16, 2023