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Shell Game
1,167
Singer/Songwriter
Shell Game was released on January 1, 1969 by Vanguard Records as a part of the album Driftin' Way of Life
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1969
LabelVanguard Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM169

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker
Composer

Lyrics

How many times in the lonely night
Someone you'd like to know passed you by?
With half-held words a chance to speak
But too late - he's down the street
Cast off that shell
Don't resist the unknown
Your understandin' is open-handed
Hold it closed and you're alone
We chain ourselves with petty games
We build false walls with tight remains
To find a road that leads someplace
When we're passin' it everyday
Cast off that shell
Don't resist the unknown
Your understandin' is open-handed
Hold it closed and you're alone
To stand naked for the sun
When that's the awareness of everyone
To be open is to be free
To enclose is a channel be
Cast off that shell
Don't resist the unknown
Your understandin' is open-handed
Hold it closed and you're alone
So don't you wait until you're stranded
To ask somebody to throw a hand in
Just be there in your freeform patterns
The shackle games of life won't matter
Cast off that shell
Don't resist the unknown
Your understandin' is open-handed
Hold it closed and you're alone
Written by: Jerry Jeff Walker
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