Jules Shear Never Again Or Forever by Rick Danko/Jules Shear

My ranshackled mind searched out old Jerome
I said my house is falling it use to be a home he
Said I told you once I’ll tell it to you twice
She’s got to quit or quench her thirst
For that poison paradise
She’s got to choose never again or forever
She’s got to let it break at the ends or say forever
But I feel so dark inside
That I’m clinging to the smallest light
And I can’t hang on and I can’t hang on
It was harvest at the Hazeltown farm
And in the fields we’d meet meet
I could feel the pods I know the peas inside were sweet
But soon I saw her deceptions for the little lies they were
And I was making all my plans depended upon her
She’s got to choose never again or forever
She’s got to let it break at the ends or say forever
But I feel so dark inside
That I’m clinging to the smallest light
And I can’t hang on and I can’t hang on
I don’t know what draws the bee into the flower
But she’s the blackest rose
I got a hard time just seeing thru the clouds
That hang on her wherever she goes
Poison paradise served up with the twist
I held it in a bottle
It’s right there in the ingredents list
I can’t talk anymore and I can’t walk away
I swore my ulitimatum
And I fear that it’s too late
She’s got to choose never again or forever
She’s got to let it break at the ends or say forever
But I feel so dark inside
That I’m clinging to the smallest light
And I can’t hang on and I can’t hang on

>From The Jules Shear Unplug This CD
1991 Polygram Records

>From the fabulous Jules Shear album The Great Puzzle. This is the
opening track on this highly recommeded disk. Go out and buy it before
it’s deleted.
This song is (c) 1992 Geffen Again Music/Juters Music, Inc/Funzalo
Music Ltd, administered by Music Corporation of America, Inc.

The Trap Door (Shear)

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Intro1: | Bb ||: C Bb :|| (repeat 7 times)

Note: C 3 beats, Bb 1 beat
guitar solo over above

Intro 2: ||: Eb | Bb Ab | Gsus4 | G :|| G |

Verse1: Eb
Your enemies guard cornered you in a yard
You paid him off and ran
You knew he’d understand
He’s just a workin man
[(Eb)]But you think he’s a fool just a capitalist tool
Who plays the games of life to tie
If the tables had been turned tonight
There’d be nothin that his money could buy – but soon…

Chorus: C G Am F
The trap door gives in under the wicked weight of sin
You fall down, down, down farther than you’ve ever been
Yeah, the trap door falls open just as you were smugly hoping
That you could cheat and win, the trap door falls in

Verse2: Eb Bb
So one escape does not a life make the earth floats under your feet
You can’t trust who you meet
Your bravery’s a conceit
It’s no longer suspense it’s a fear that makes sense
Pullin you through the ground
The trap door makes no sound
One day just not around – Cause…

(Chorus)
(Intro2)

Verse3: Eb
I should have known when I was struck with a stone
That you were aiming at the moon
That like a gas balloon
You’d come falling soon – yeah-eh

(solo over chorus chords)
(Chorus) (

Subject: CRD:the_great_puzzle by Jules Shear
>From the album “The Great Puzzle”
Submitted by K. Weber

The Great Puzzle – Jules Shear
Once again I have forgotten my final destination after chasing it down too
many suns
So tonight you and I bring desperation to this highway, and we’re not the only
ones
Outside a stillness that could only be summer and we are Mendicino bound
Feeling out of place as the ship that keeps on forward long after it’s run
aground
And I’m thinking ahead too much, but what are we then, when we’re not thinking
at all
I’ve got so many loose ends, dragging behind me, mysteries that want to be
solved
CHORUS:
Like a maze where you could take a thousand paths, Like all the questions
that it does no good to ask
Some might accept it, some might complain, It’s a great puzzle, but you’ve
gotta like games

Like a candle that’s been recently blown out, I can still smell the smoke
>From a chance turned to missed opportunity, my latest enemy of hope
A gambler knows exactly how much you give away with a smile and it’s real
But I only gamble on myself these days, I prefer the way it feels
And I’m thinking aloud too much, giving too much up, I can’t wait to see the
world as it is
And have a whole perception turn from ruins to exception, with the one tiny
detail I miss
CHORUS
ADD:
You’ve gotta like games, and working them through
Figuring out why some win and some lose, and where does that leave me and you

I’ve met coal miners who hate coal, thieves who hate what they stole, and they
think they’ve figured it out
Rich men who sleep preserved in warmth, who can’t be hurt by any storm,
And they think they know what life is about

But it’s a maze where you could take a thousand paths It’s all the questions
that it does no good to ask
Some might reject it, some go insane
It’s a great puzzle, but you’ve gotta like games, It’s a great puzzle, but
you’ve gotta like games

Subject: CRD:the_great_puzzle by Jules Shear
>From the album “The Great Puzzle”
Submitted by K. Weber

The Great Puzzle – Jules Shear
Once again I have forgotten my final destination after chasing it down too
many suns
So tonight you and I bring desperation to this highway, and we’re not the only
ones
Outside a stillness that could only be summer and we are Mendicino bound
Feeling out of place as the ship that keeps on forward long after it’s run
aground
And I’m thinking ahead too much, but what are we then, when we’re not thinking
at all
I’ve got so many loose ends, dragging behind me, mysteries that want to be
solved
CHORUS:
Like a maze where you could take a thousand paths, Like all the questions
that it does no good to ask
Some might accept it, some might complain, It’s a great puzzle, but you’ve
gotta like games

Like a candle that’s been recently blown out, I can still smell the smoke
>From a chance turned to missed opportunity, my latest enemy of hope
A gambler knows exactly how much you give away with a smile and it’s real
But I only gamble on myself these days, I prefer the way it feels
And I’m thinking aloud too much, giving too much up, I can’t wait to see the
world as it is
And have a whole perception turn from ruins to exception, with the one tiny
detail I miss
CHORUS
ADD:
You’ve gotta like games, and working them through
Figuring out why some win and some lose, and where does that leave me and you

I’ve met coal miners who hate coal, thieves who hate what they stole, and they
think they’ve figured it out
Rich men who sleep preserved in warmth, who can’t be hurt by any storm,
And they think they know what life is about

But it’s a maze where you could take a thousand paths It’s all the questions
that it does no good to ask
Some might reject it, some go insane
It’s a great puzzle, but you’ve gotta like games, It’s a great puzzle, but
you’ve gotta like games