Lyrics to
Future Games

This version of Future Games was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1971.

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I did a thing last night
You know those future games
I turned off all the lights
Oh, the future came
You were by my side
Will you explain-oh yeah
Real rhyme or reason for those future games
Now you were there last night
And oh were you afraid
Of things we’d come upon
While playing future games
But baby it’s alright and so have faith
Oh yeah, you invent the future that you want to face
How many people sit home at night
Wondering if they will be here tonight
Wondering if children will he bring to the light
Inherit the world, or inherit the night
Wondering if neighbors are thinking the same
All of the wild things tomorrow will tame
Talking of journeys that happen in vain
Well I know I’m not the only one
To ever spend my life sitting playing future games
You better take your time
You know there’s no escape
The future sends a sign
Of things we will create
Baby it’s alright
And so have faith
Oh yeah, you invent the future that you want to face
How many people sit home at night
Wondering if they will be here tonight
Wondering if children will he bring to the light
Inherit the world, or inherit the night
Wondering if neighbors are thinking the same
All of the wild things tomorrow will tame
Talking of journeys that happen in vain
And I know I’m not the only one
To ever spend my life sitting playing future games
Future games…
Future games…
Future games…
Future games…
I know I’m not the only one…
I know I’m not the only one…
I know I’m not the only one…
I know I’m not the only one…

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About Lyrics and Future Games by Fleetwood Mac

The lyrics for Future Games are defined as the words making up the song released by Fleetwood Mac in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Future Games have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Fleetwood Mac and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Future Games by Fleetwood Mac if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Future Games" means the words set to the music of Future Games, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Fleetwood Mac. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Future Games and the lyrics to Future Games are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Fleetwood Mac who came here looking just for the lyrics to Future Games, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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