Crowd Control Phish

"Listen now I'm talking I've been here for weeks Waiting in this growing crowd Staring at my feet The world around me's turning I'm just standing still The time has come for changes Do something or I

Swept Away phish

Swept Away Much ado is all I see And feel like it's surrounding me The crowd intrudes all day 'Til I'm finally swept away I'm finally swept away (x6)

SWEPT AWAY phish

Much ado is all I see And feel like it's surrounding me The crowd intrudes all day 'Til I'm finally swept away I'm finally swept away I'm finally swept away I'm finally swept away

STEEP phish

Much ado is all I see (although my roots were deep) In fact it is surrounding me The seething crowd intrudes all day (I sank in hillsides deep) Until I'm finally swept away Although

Steep phish

Steep Much ado is all I see (although my roots were deep) In fact it is surrounding me The seething crowd intrudes all day (I sank in hillsides deep) Until I'm finally swept away Although I thought

Run Like an Antelope Phish

Rye, rye, rocco Marco Esquandolas Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul You've got to run like an antelope out of control

Stash phish

cohorts, asleep in the trees - Smegma, dogmatagram, fishmarket stew - Police in a corner, gunnin' for you - Appletoast, bedheated, furblanket rat - Laugh when they shoot you, say "Please don't do that" - Control

STASH phish

trees Smegma, dogmatagram, fishmarket stew Police in a corner, gunnin' for you Appletoast, bedheated, furblanket rat Laugh when they shoot you, say "Please don't do that" Control

HORN phish

Now that you've deceived me, and played my name around And hung those nasty flyers, on all the buildings in town Dribbled my possessions in a ring around the earth And bought and sold my self-control

Horn phish

- Now that you've deceived me, and played my name around - And hung those nasty flyers, on all the buildings in town - Dribbled my possessions in a ring around the earth - And bought and sold my self-control

Wilson phish

A crowd of townspeople had gathered to witness the hanging of Wilson's accountant, Mr. Palmer.

Cavern phish

with deadly icy calm - [Alternate lyrics for above verse: - The brothel wife then grabbed a knife and slashed me on the tongue - I turned the blade back on the bitch and dropped her in the dung] - The crowd

phish Unknown

Free I'm floating in the blimp a lot, I feel the feeling I forgot Of swimming weightless in the womb or bouncing gently around the room In a minute I'll be free, and you'll be splashing in the se...

Crowd Control 2Cents

no time to listen to you Running is over, running is dead I just wanted to save the day But all these fucking people get in my way My blood shot eyes can't look away Running is over, running is dead Crowd

LLAMA phish

[Many years after the overthrow of Wilson, a rebel soldier crouching high on a hilltop above the war torn forests of Gamehendge spots a group of loyalists approaching from their lakeside encampm...

IF I COULD phish

Take me to another place, she said Take me to another time Run with me across the oceans Float me on a silver cloud If I could I would, but I don't know how If I could I would, but I don't kn...

AC/DC Bag phish

AC/DC Bag Mr. Palmer is concerned with the thousand dollar question - Just like Roger he's a crazy little kid - I've got the time if you've got the inclination - So cheer up Palmer, you'll soon be...

The Horse phish

The Horse It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse -- Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course - Cause if I were here and you were there - I'd meet you in between [...

Down with Disease phish

Down with Disease Down with disease, three weeks in my bed Trying to stop these demons that keep dancing in my head Down with disease, up before the dawn A thousand barefoot children outside danc...

My Friend My Friend phish

My Friend My Friend Original: David McCallum My friend, my friend he's got a knife, a statement from his former life - When he was easy but alone beside him was an empty throne - But what of silve...

Meat phish

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 yea...

TALK phish

I can't talk my talk with you Nothing's ever soaking through The filter that surrounds your thoughts And holds out lessons left untaught I can't talk my talk with you Nothing's ever soaking t...

MAZE phish

The overhead view is of me in a maze And you see what I'm hunting a few steps away And I take a wrong turn and I'm on the wrong path And the people all watching enjoy a good laugh Embarrassed ...

MY FRIEND, MY FRIEND phish

My friend, my friend he's got a knife A statement from his former life When he was easy but alone Beside him was an empty throne But what of silver silken blade Affix his gaze, his features s...

Esther phish

Esther It was late one fall night at a fairground near town - When Esther first saw the Armenian man - Who groveled toward her and stood by her side - With a bucket that swung in his hand - His gr...

Demand phish

Demand You may as well keep your belly full For the time may come when you'll rely on the layer of fat That separates you from the rabid dog and the common fly To a less demanding place on your s...

Character Zero phish

Character Zero I was taught a month ago To bide my time and take it slow But then I learned just yesterday To rush and never waste the day Now I'm convinced the whole day long That all I learn is...

WASTE phish

Don't want to be an actor pretending on the stage Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on the page Don't want to be a painter 'cause everyone comes to look Don't want to be anything w...

FAST ENOUGH FOR YOU phish

If time were only part of the equation Then you could draw the bound'ries of our cage You wouldn't pile another stone upon me And I'd be happy just to watch you age But everything is in its ow...

THE HORSE phish

It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course Cause if I were here and you were there I'd meet you in between And not until ...

Cities (David Byrne) phish

Cities (David Byrne) Think of London - small city Dark - dark in the daytime People sleep - sleep in the daytime If they want to - if they want to I'm checkin' 'em out I'm checkin' 'em out I've g...

Taste phish

I'm up and I can take what you give And I'm here but I don't want you to live with me `Cause all I want is a taste for free I'm down and I will drag you along and around Until you burst into s...

Fee phish

Fee In the cool shade of the banana tree- On the rugged trail toward the balcony- A child of the twentieth century- A dried up Goliath and a weasel named Fee- Far away in another place- A fading b...

Birds Of A Feather phish

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 th...

Contact phish

Contact The tires are the things on your car that make contact with the road - The car is the thing on the road that takes you back to your abode - The tires are the things on your car that make c...

Bathtub Gin phish

Bathtub Gin Brett is in the bathtub making soup for the ambassadors And I am in the hallway singing to the troubadours The kings are all lined up outside the gate And the autumn bells are ringing...

Sample in a Jar phish

Sample in a Jar It's hidden far away but someday I may tell The tale of metal tangle when into your world I fell Without you now I wander soaking secretly afraid 'Cause in your grasp the fears do...

Possum phish

Possum I come from atop the mountain baby- Where the people come to pray- I come from atop the mountain baby- Where the people come to pray- There ain't no truth in action- 'Less you believe it an...

ESTHER phish

It was late one fall night at a fairground near town When Esther first saw the Armenian man Who groveled toward her and stood by her side With a bucket that swung in his hand His grin stretche...

Simple phish

Simple We've got it simple, Cause we've got a band. And we've got cymbals in the band. We've got it simple, Cause we've got a band. And we've got cymbals in the band. What is a band without cymba...

DOWN WITH DISEASE phish

Down with disease Three weeks in my bed Trying to stop these demons that keep dancing in my head Down with disease Up before the dawn A thousand barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn, ...

Train Song phish

Train Song All the way home we felt we had a chance To review the cards before we were born And to invite a new game of chance Absorbed in the clouds a voice from afar said With the right device ...

TRAIN SONG phish

All the way home we felt we had a chance To review the coulds before we were born And to invite a new game of can'ts Absorbed in the clouds a voice from afar said "With the right device y...

Poor Heart phish

Poor Heart You won't steal my poor heart again - You won't steal my poor heart again - You won't steal my tape recorder - I'll call the Lord and he'll put you in the pen - You won't steal that thi...

Theme from the Bottom phish

Theme from the Bottom I feed from the bottom, you feed from the top I live upon morsels you happen to drop The coffee that somehow leaks out of your cup If nothing comes down then I'm forced to s...

Waste phish

Waste Don't want to be an actor pretending on the stage Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on the page Don't want to be a painter 'cause everyone comes to look Don't want to be anythi...

Taste phish

Taste [Ed. note: This version of the song was only played during the 1995 summer tour. In the fall, the music was put to new words and was entitled "The Fog that Surrounds". In Madison, WI, somet...

INTRODUCTION phish

INTRODUCTION Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Once upon a time there was a mountain that rose out of a vast green forest. And in the forest there were birds and lakes and rocks and trees and ri...

SAMPLE IN A JAR phish

It's hidden far away But someday I may tell The tale of metal tangle When into your world I fell Without you now I wander soaking Secretly afraid 'Cause in your grasp the fears don't last (...

Cities phish

Think of London - small city Dark - dark in the daytime People sleep - sleep in the daytime If they want to - if they want to I'm checkin' 'em out I'm checkin' 'em out I've got it figured ou...