Lyric discussion by robertcousins 

Cover art for The Game of Love  lyrics by Paul Brady

This song is the final track from the album 'Primitive Dance' released 1987 and is Brady at his most insightful and lyrically inspired. The classic story of boy meets girl, they fall in love, marry, have a baby and then the pressures kick in and their relationship falls apart. All too familiar a story these days.

Financial help from "daddy" and a new born, but, in themselves not enough if there are cracks already in the relationship. The chorus implies they both want to make it work but the relationship is clearly doomed. The song presents more questions than answers to this game of love. Painful for the couple but what a great song.

Paul Brady's writing is so underrated.

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