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by Grateful Dead


Built to Last - Grateful Dead



                            
There are times that you can beckon
                             
There are times when you must call
                     
You can take a lot of reckoning
                    
But you can't take it all
                          
There are times when I can help you out
                       
And times that you must fall
                             
There are times when you must live in doubt
                   
And I can't help at all

                          
Three blue stars / Rise on the hill
                        
Say no more, now / Just be still
                      
All these trials / Soon be past
                           
Look for something / Built to last


A wind held by the collar
Yes, a cloud held by the breeze
You can walk on coals of fire
But sometimes you must freeze
There are times when you offend me
And I do the same to you
If we can't or won't forget it,
Then I guess we could be through

One blue star / Sets on the hill
Call it back / You never will
One more star / Sinks in the past
                                    
Show me something / Built to last.

                  
Built to last till time itself
      
Falls tumbling from the wall
                  
Built to last till sunshine fails
    
And darkness moves on all
                   
Built to last while years roll past
                            
Like cloudscapes in the sky
                               
Show me something built to last
                               
Or something built to try

Break (Instrumental on verse progression)

Bb back into verse.

There are times when you get hit upon
Try hard but you cannot give
Other times you'd gladly part
With what you need to live
Don't waste your breath to save your face
When you have done your best
And even more is asked of you
Fate will decide the rest.

All the stars / Are gone but one
Morning breaks / Here comes the sun
Cross the sky now / Sinking fast
Show me something / Built to last