Name Of The Game

I saw the railway master, I looked him in the eye
I said, "Would you go much faster if you thought that you would die?"
He said, "No, not me sir, I could not care
In fact, I would not try
For protest would not take me far
It's different, me not being a star"
I lock my feelings in a jar until another day

Oh, comfort me, dear brother, won't you tell me what you know?
For somewhere in this painful world is a place where I can go
Oh, long awaiting mother, is it time to make a show?
And take your babies to your breast
You know we never passed the test
And all our sins should be confessed before we carry on

Oh, don't refuse me
If you choose me, you'll follow my shame
No, don't confuse me
For I know it's the name of the game

I got up off my pillow, I looked up at the sun
I said, "You can see quite clearly, now, things that we have done
We burned your sacred willow, our battles we have won
But did we get so very far?
It's different, me not being a star"
Lock my feelings in a jar until we go away

Oh, don't refuse me
If you choose me, you'll follow my shame
No, don't confuse me
For I know it's the name of the game

Oh, don't refuse me
If you choose me, you'll follow my shame
No, don't confuse me
For I know it's the name of the game