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Leela Leela

by Marley's Ghost

on Across The River (2004)

Leela Leela, this world is just a game
Winners lose and losers win the game is still the same
Leela Leela, this world is just a play
Those who say don't know and those who know don't say

The eyes of the baby look at everything from under
The eyes of the young man behold his lady's face with wonder
The eyes of the old man look upon the flowing river
What of those whose eyes are one?
They leave the world forever

Leela Leela, this life is just a game
Winners lose and losers win the game is still the same
Leela Leela, this world is just a play
Those who say don't know and those who know don't say

And where is the man who in his heart can really feel it?
Can he feel it in himself and then can he reveal it?
Then let him sit and sing and sail the flowing river
Snakes and arrows cannot go where sound remains forever

Leela Leela, this life is just a game
Winners lose and losers win the game is still the same
Leela Leela, this world is just a play
Those who say don't know and those who know don't say

How can a man accept life who has not accepted dying?
How can he achieve his purpose without even trying?
How can a man have courage who cannot as well be tender?
He who wins the game is he who's learning to surrender

Leela Leela, this life is just a game
Winners lose and losers win the game is still the same
Leela Leela, this world is just a play
Those who say don't know and those who know don't say

And show me the man who in his heart can really feel it?
Can he feel it in himself and then can he reveal it?
Then let him sit and sing and let his heart grow gladder
Chant to God until the masquerade no longer matters

Leela Leela, this life is just a play
Those who say don't know and those who know don't say
Leela Leela, this life is just a game
Winners lose and losers win the game is still the same

Those who say don't know and those who know don't say