Jerry Jeff Walker - Shell Game lyrics

How many times in the lonely night Someone you'd like to know pa**ed 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 Shame 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 Well that's the ends of everyone To be old is to be free To enclosed as a channel be Cast off that shell…… So don't you wait until you're stranded Ask somebody to throw a hand in Just a ditty in 3/4 patterns Shackle games in high form matter Cast off that shell……