Play the Man

They play the man They do whatever they can Use whatever they can to succeed Watching you Sanitize They spit in your eye And they tell you how you should proceed With the player of games You'll find no sense of shame Single minded in all that they do So what you do then Is to do unto them What they would've done unto you So play the ball Play the man Do whatever you can When it's the only way To get through Oh and don't think twice About playing nice It's just bad advice From the fools 'Cause the fools don't know Of the so-and-sos Who would see them dining on gruel They play the ball They play the man They do whatever they can Use whatever they can to succeed Watching you Sanitize They spit in your eye And they tell you how you should proceed With the player of games You'll find no sense of shame Single minded in all that they do So what you do then Is to do unto them What they would've done unto you So play the ball Play the man Do whatever you can When it's the only way You can get through --- Play the Man - The Proclaimers