Ghost I feel I never told you The story of the ghost That I once knew and talked to Of whom I'd never boast For this was my big secret How I'd get ahead And never have to worry I'd call him instead His answer came in actions He never spoke a word Or maybe I laid down the phone Before he could be heard I somehow feel forsaken Like he had closed the door I guess I just stopped needing him As much as once before But maybe he's still with me The latch was left unhooked He's waiting in the wind and rain I simply haven't looked Phish Index Birds Of A Feathrer It's easy sometimes when you just coast along But like it or not something always seems to go wrong Sometimes people build you up just so they can knock you down Sometimes they will have you there 'cause they need someone around Perhaps you'll receive invitations for tea Perhaps you'll laugh and make them all smile Or maybe you'll join them 'cause it had to be Perhaps you'll forget you forgot for awhile Birds of a feather are flocking outside Like whippets they dance in a curly-queue dance Of pulses and ringing and campfire chants Of ritual drumming although at first glance You thought you could run but you won't take a chance It's not an experience if they can't bring someone along They hang on emotions they bottle inside They peck at the ground And strut out of stride Phish Index Meat I am a prince I have it all I hear your footsteps through the wall I wait in silence for your call Then take a shot and watch you fall I am a ghost but I cannot fly I'm stuck here as the years slide by I need a resting place 'cause I Already felt my body die If I had a host of ghosts Living on my street I'd jive and strive to stay alive And offer them some meat I need a different life I think Perhaps I'd be the missing link And treasure moments as I drink Away the memories let them sink Phish Index Guyute Guyute was the ugly pig Who walked on me and danced a jig That he had learned when he was six Then stopped and did some other tricks Like pulling weapons from his coat And holding them against my throat He lectured me in language strange And scampered quickly out of range I'm bouncing like a newborn elf I can't remain inside myself Guyute glances in my eyes And manages to hypnotize Me as I sleep the sleep of death He sucks from me my only breath That I had breathed since I was ten I hope this happens once again Phish Index Fikus Fikus dreamed a dream for me It cost me nothing it was free He dreamed of walking in the sand Of blossoms forming in his hand Of kitchen cake and cedar shakes Of waterfalls and yellow snakes Of earthen dams and hydrofoils Of watching water 'til it boils Of holding forth from singing words Of flying south with flocks of birds None of this was charged to me For as I said it was for free Phish Index Shafty The terrible thing about hell Is that when you're there you can't even tell As you move through this life you love so You could be there and not even know But you say so what I'm doing just fine The irony is that it's all in your mind And that's why hell is so vicious and cruel But you'll just go on an oblivious fool Phish Index Limb By Limb The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone But when I'm done freezing I want to be alone Never want my hand cut off Never want a hacking cough Never need a cliffside push Never turn my brain to mush Always give me what I lack Always take the best parts back Always recognize your fate Always just a moment late Left is where I always turn Left is how I'm forced to learn Left the route my walking takes Left alone with my mistakes Up against the person who Up 'til now I never knew Up from hell the answer blew Up or down it's up to you Drop me off the Chinese wall And peel my fingers off the rim I come unglued while in midair and land to reform Limb by limb And I am taken far away... Lingering slowly melting away Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay Pooling like water that drips from above Trampled by lambs pecked by the dove Phish Index Frankie Says Time is me and I should know I knew this several months ago I knew more than I do now For I've been turned around somehow Relax the world will spin beside itself and suck you in With threats and hopes beyond compare I change the landscape as I pass Meandering from sand to glass I suction there for one whole day Until the feeling goes away I don't need these orbits in my life Revolve and cycle through Don't keep coming back for more I don't need this circular design Wheel and spin away from me You've been by here before I've lost my mind I've lost my way I'm bound to lose You wonder where I am Phish Index Brian And Robert If you're just staring at your walls Observing echoing footfalls From tenants wandering distant halls Then this one is for you If children playing all around To you is noise not pleasant sound And you'd be lost on the playground Then this one is for you All alone the life you lead A silent diner where you feed Bow your head pretend to read This one is for you Slip past strangers in the street There's no one that you care to meet Longing for your TV seat This one is for you Phish Index Water In The Sky Listen as she speaks to you Hear the voices flutter through The barriers arranged by you Close the shutters draw the shades Filter out the everglades Glistening with evening dew Thunder calls through waterfalls Rising tides and ocean walls I can hear you when you sigh Listen as she speaks to you Hear the voices flutter through Watch them fall and let them lie I can hear you when you sigh Through the water in the sky Phish Index Roggae The circus is the place for me with bears and clowns and noise I love the shiny music that descends from overhead Gordon knew the moment when the stars all turned around But from that vantage point I frowned If life were easy and not so fast I wouldn't think about the past I can't forget to turn the earth so both sides get their share Of darkness and of light So now I wander over grounds of light and heat and sound and mist Provoking dreams that don't exist A circus of light where dreams can take flight In the peacefulness dreaming dreams brings Phish Index Wading In The Velvet Sea I took a moment from my day Wrapped it up in things you say Mailed it off to your address You'll get it pretty soon unless The packaging begins to break And all the points I tried to make Are tossed with thoughts into a bin Time leaks out my life leaks in You won't find moments in a box And someone else will set your clocks I took a moment from my day Wrapped it up in things you say And mailed it off to you Phish Index The Moma Dance And all throughout I gaze and glimpse you Loving never did convince you I see you when you're all alone It's like a person I've not known The moment ends though I feel winds Blowing differently than ever before And they're pushing me further from shore A frothy cap the steady slap Of lines against the rail A biting rain take in the main Up the rigging take in sail mind the skipper we'll not fail He'll bring out wine all will be fine just hear the order watch the sail The moment ends Phish Index End Of Session A silent bird A raging tide a mountainside An open door Looming from the surf A whispered word A steady wind as we began And then no more To close in on the earth Phish Index

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