The Grateful Dead
Built to Last (Live at Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, April 3, 1989)
[Verse 1]
There are times when you can beckon
There are times when you must call
You can take a lon ot of reckoning
But you can't take it all
There are times when I can help you out
And times when you must fall
There are times when you can live in doubt
And I can't help at all

[Chorus]
Three blue stars set on the hill
Say no more, now, just be still
All these trials, soon be past
Cut for something built to last

[Verse 2]
Wind held by the collar
Yes, a cloud held by thе breeze
You can walk on coals of fire
But sometimеs 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
I guess we could be true
[Chorus]
Two blue stars lie on the hill
Call it back, you never will
Calling down to the past
Good for something built to last

[Verse 3]
Built to last until time itself
Falls tumbling from the wall
Built to last until darkness fades
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

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
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
[Outro]
All the stars are gone but one
Morning breaks, here comes the sun
Call you out to the past
Look for something built to last

Two blue stars set on the hill
Call it back, you never will
All these trials, soon be past
Look for something built to last

Big blue stars are gone but one
Morning breaks, here comes the sun
All these trials, soon be past
Look for something built to last