#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Shell Game by Jerry Jeff Walker How many times in the lonely night Someone you'd like to know passed you by With heartfelt words a chance to speak But two ladies down the street Cast off that shell Don't resist the unknown Your understandin' is open-handed Hold it closed and you're alone Chain ourselves with petty games Bill folds swells with tight remains To find a road that leads someplace When we fasten it everyday Cast off that shell... To stand naked for the sun That's the awareness of everyone To be open is to be free Too enclosed has enchanneled me Cast off that shell... So don't you wait until you're stranded Ask somebody to throw a hand in Just be there in your freeform patterns Shackled games of life form matter Cast off that shell...