PHISH
Ye
Saga of
GAMEHENDGE
or the
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
(TMWSIY)
Originally
transcribed by Matt Laurence (mlaurenc@world.std.com)
Corrected and modified by Darren Cokin (cokin@scf.usc.edu)
Gamehendge the musical legend!
Orginally
titled The Man That Stepped into Yesterday (TMSIY)
The piece is now more commonly known and refered to as GAMEHENDGE
or GAMEHENGE.
The
following is a collection of all we could find around the net
written about and before this mythical piece.
We have
credited, where known, origins of files and words.
(If you see your piece here and either it is missing a credit
or you would like us to remove - Please let us know)
Why Trey wrote TMWSIY: Trey attended Goddard College in
Plainfield, VT.
Goddard is an alternative college based on the theories of
philosopher
John Dewey. The curriculum is unique, and it was something that
was
interesting to Trey. Every senior has to undertake a senior
project in
an area of particular interest to them. For Page McConnel (Phish
pianist)
it turned into a study of musical improvisation. For Trey, it was
the
writing and production of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday. It
was
originally intended to be staged as a musical, but that never
happened
and the first time Phish played it in its entirety was to a small
crowd
at Nectar's in Burlington, VT 3/12/88. (They had been playing
songs from
Gamehendge for years prior to that date however.) For much of the
1990's
the band toyed with the idea of remaking TMWSIY as an interactive
CD-ROM,
but decided prior to recording Billy Breathes that they would
never record
or profit from Gamehendge.
There have been 5
complete TMWSIY shows in Phish history: 3/12/88 Nectar's,
Burlington, VT; 10/13//91 Surf Club, Olympia, WA; 3/22/93 Crest
Theatre,
Sacramento, CA; 6/26/94 Municipal theatre, Charleston, WV; and 7/8/94
Greatwoods, Mansfield, MA.
Who's who and what's what in Gamehendge?
The AC/DC Bag: The electronic robot hangman of Wilson; has a
black bag over
its head and wheels in place of feet. Ordered by Wilson to carry
out the
execution of Mr. Palmer.
Colonel Forbin: A
retired American colonel who while walking his dog one
morning steps through a mysterious portal and follows a long,
narrow passage
that leads him to Gamehendge, and soon thereafter the beautiful
Tela with whom
he falls in love, Forbin decides to help the revolutionaries
regain their freedom.
He climbs the mountain in search of Icculus, seeking help in
defeating Wilson.
Errand Woolfe: The
leader of the revolutionaries; the song Wilson is sung from
his point of view. (The character's name is a play on a childhood
friend of Trey's,
(Aaron Woolfe.)
The Famous Mockingbird:
A friend of Icculus sent to retrieve the Helping Friendly
Book from the tallest tower of Wilson's castle and return it to
its rightful owners,
the Lizards.
Icculus: The great and
knowledgeable prophet of the land who, eons ago, wrote the
Helping Friendly Book. According to legend, he lives atop a great
mountain which
is sacred ground to the Lizards; prior to Col. Forbin's climb, no
one had sought
out Icculus in person for thousands of years.
Kayak Guy: Yields from
far north (the land where the oceans freeze), he arrives
in Gamehendge on his kayak and is captured by Wilson. Punch You
In The Eye is
sung from his perspective and shows Wilson's xenophobic side.
Llamas: In the later
years of Gamehendge (a part of the legend, which has yet
to be translated from oral tradition to music) the
revolutionaries apparently
ride llamas, the better to escape on after triggering blatoplasts
(explosive
devices).
The Lizards: The
peaceful, loving residents of the lush, green fields of
Gamehendge
who after thousands of years of peace are enslaved by Wilson
after he steals the.
Helping Friendly Book,
which possesses the knowledge the Lizards need to survive.
They aren't the brightest race of people, which has put them
close to extinction,
and they are oppressed under Wilson's dictatorship.
Multibeasts: Giant
mottled, hairy, four-legged creatures used as transport by both
Wilson's men and the revolutionaries.
McGrupp: Colonel faithful and watchful dog.
Mr. Palmer: Wilson's
accountant; helps fund the revolutionaries by stealing funds
from Wilson and funnelling to Woolfe and the revolutionaries. But
Wilson discovers
Palmer's deceit, and orders him assassinated by the AC/DC Bag as
a warning to other revolutionaries.
The Possum: Seen by
Icculus from his mountain perch serves as a reminder of the base
level of mortal existence.
Rutherford the Brave:
A slightly dim-witted knight in shining armour who Colonel
Forbin meets when he steps through the tunnel into Gamehendge.
Rutherford, once a
member of Wilson's army, works as a secret agent for the
revolutionaries.
The Shepherd: Tends to
his flock by the shores of the Baltic Sea; McGrupp and the
Watchmasters Horsemasters is sung from his perspective.
The Sloth: The
mercenary hitman from the ghetto hired by Errand Woolfe to kill
Wilson.
The meanest, ugliest guy in all Gamehendge.
Tela: The beautiful
revolutionary who Colonel Forbin falls in love with, as
chronicled
in the song Tela which is sung from Forbin's perspective. She is
a highly placed member
of the revolutionaries, but circumstantial evidence points to the
fact she might be a
traitor (Trey has termed her a spy in several Gamehendge
performances.)
Unit Monster: Tela's
sidekick; a huge, strong beast who rescues Rutherford from the
river after he falls in, as chronicled in Lizards.
Wilson: Arrives in
Gamehendge as a traveller from another country and becomes King
of Prussia (Gamehendge's main city) and the land after stealing
the Helping Friendly
Book from the Lizards and enslaving them. Wilson is universally
despised for his
tyrannical and unjust leadership, and is apparently unable to
still have fun (if he
ever even was).
Narration & Song Lyrics
Click on the NARRATION and song titles to download the MP3 file
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Song lyrics are in bold
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
rivers.
The forest was also inhabited by a small group of
people called
the lizards. The lizards were a simple people and they had lived
in the
forest undisturbed for thousands of years in utter peace and
tranquillity.
Once a year when spring came, and the first
blossoms began to show, the
lizards would gather at the base of the mountain, to give thanks
for all
that they had. They thanked the birds and they thanked the lakes
and they
thanked the rocks and the trees and the rivers; but most
importantly, they
thanked Icculus.
Icculus lived at the top of the mountain, or at
least
everyone thought so, for no one had actually ever seen him. But
they knew
he existed, because they had the Helping Friendly Book.
Icculus had given
the Helping Friendly Book to the Lizards thousands of years
earlier as a
gift. It contained all of the knowledge inherent in the universe,
and had
enabled the Lizards to exist in harmony with nature for years.
And so they
lived; until one day a traveller arrived in Gamehendge. His name
was Wilson
and he quickly became intrigued by the Lizards way of life. He
asked if he
could stay on and live in the forest; and the Lizards, who had
never seen
an outsider, were happy to oblige.
Wilson lived with the Lizards for a few
years, studying the ways of the Helping Friendly Book, and all
was well.
Until one morning when they awoke and the book was gone. Wilson
explained
that he had hidden the book, knowing that the Lizards had become
dependent
on it for survival. He declared himself king and enslaved the
innocent
people of Gamehendge. He cut down the trees and built a city,
which he
called Prussia. And in the centre of the city he built a castle,
and
locked in the highest tower of the castle lay the Helping
Friendly Book out
of the reach of the Lizards forever.
But our story begins at a different
time, not in Gamehendge, but on a suburban street in Long Island,
and our
hero is no king sitting in a castle, he is a retired colonel
shaving in his
bathroom.
Colonel Forbin looked square in the mirror and
dragged the blade across his
cold creamed skin. He saw the tired little folds of flesh that
lay in a
heap beneath his eyes.
Fifty-two years of obedient self-restraint, of
hiding his tension behind a serene veil of composure. For fifty-two
years
he had piled it all on the back burner, and for fifty-two years
it had
boiled, frothing over in a turbulent storm inside of him. It had
escaped
through his eyes, reacting with the cigarette smoke and the
fluorescent
lights and slowly accumulating into a sagging mass. He ran his
dripping
palm across the stubble on the nape of his neck and thought again
about the
door.
He had discovered the door some month's back on
one of his
ritualistic morning walks with his dog McGrupp. It had started
out as a
typical stroll with McGrupp bounding joyously ahead of the
preoccupied
colonel. As they reached the apex of the hill, he saw it and he
knew it
had always been there, and felt foolish for overlooking the door
for so
long. At first, he tried to ignore it, but he soon found that it
was
impossible, and slowly his newly acquired knowledge transformed
his dreary
life into a prison from which there was only one escape.
And on this
morning, Colonel Forbin stepped through the door.
LIZARDS
Passing through the corridor I came upon an ageing knight
Who leaned against the wall in gnarly armour
He was on his way to see the king
Wilson Wilson Wilson
He led me through the streets of Prussia talking
As he tried to crush a bug that scurried underneath his boot heel
He said there was a place where we should go
So he lead me through the forest to the edge of a lagoon by which
We wandered 'til we reached a bubbly spring
The knight grew very quiet as we stood there
Then he lifted up his visor and he turned to me and he began to
sing
chorus:
He said I come from the land of darkness
I said I come from the land of doom
He said I come from the land of Gamehendge
>From the land of the big baboon
But I'm never never going back there
And I couldn't if I tried
'Cause I come from the land of Lizards
And the Lizards they have died
And the Lizards they have died
And the Lizards they have died
And the Lizards they have died
He told me that the Lizards were a race of people practically
extinct
>From doing things smart people don't do
He said that he was once a Lizard too
His name was Rutherford the Brave and he was on a quest to save
His people from the fate that lay before them.
Their clumsy end was perilously near
The Lizards would be saved, he said, if they could be enlightened
By the writings of the Helping Friendly Book
In all of Prussia only one existed
And Wilson had declared that any person who possessed it was a
crook
[chorus]
The Helping Friendly Book, it seemed, possessed the ancient
secrets
Of eternal joy and never-ending splendour
The trick was to surrender to the flow
We walked along beneath the moon
He lead us through the bush 'till soon
We saw before our eyes a raging river
He said that we could swim it if we tried
And saying this the knight dove in forgetting that his suit of
arms
Would surely weigh him down and so he sunk
And as his body disappeared before me
I bowed my head in silence and remembered all thoughts that he
had thunk
[chorus]
====================
NARRATION
But Rutherford and Forbin weren't alone. And suddenly an
unexpected
movement caught his eye. On the far side of the river he saw a
shaggy
creature standing in the weeds; who stared across at Forbin with
an
unrelenting gaze. A gigantic mass of muscles and claws. The
hideous beast
reared back and hurled himself in the water and swam toward the
region
where Rutherford lay. And in a flash, the beast was gone,
underneath the
surface to the frosty depths below while Forbin, bewildered,
waited alone.
The seconds dragged by in what seemed like hours till finally the
colonel
felt it all had been a dream. Defeated, he bowed his head then
turned to
go. Suddenly with a roar, the creature emerged before him and
held the
brave knight's body to the sky. And the creature laid the knight
upon the
shore. And the colonel fell beside his friend in prayer that he'd
survive.
And Rutherford, brave Rutherford was alive.
Forbin and the unit monster were crouched over the soggy knight
carefully
removing his bulky helmet when the colonel heard a sound behind
him. He
turned around and came face to face with an enormous shaggy horse-like
creature covered from head to tail with alternating blotches of
brown and
white. It was a two-toned multi-beast, and atop the multi-beast
sat the
most beautiful woman the colonel had ever seen. After fifty-two
years of
undaunted bachelorhood, the colonel felt a feeling rush over him
as he had
never felt before.
====================
TELA
The sky is burning in this lonely man
And I kneel by the river and I feel the sand and the wind
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain
And she comes to me in this lonely land
And looks down from the multi-beast on which she rides like the
wind
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain
Tela was born in a vulgar crooked hut
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Venomous scorn from a life of bitter toil
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Glory esteem fuelled by her hatred it grew
Swelling to the point where it would
Burst at the seems there was nothing she could do
Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
A lullaby the breezes whisper
And I look into her eyes and my frozen heart begins to thaw
And burns, 'til layer after layer melts away into a pool
A sky blue mirror of her eyes
And my soul is made of marble but in her gaze I crumble into dust
And drift away on the wind
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain
Tela grew strong from her struggle to endure
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Time touched her wounds and shelter proved the cure
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Each passing day seemed to feed the brazen serpent locked inside
And liberate the spirit she'd concealed for so long
There was no place left to hide
Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
A lullaby the breezes whisper
===================
NARRATION
Tela reached out her hand and helped Forbin on to the back of the
multi-
beast, and together they rode off into the forest.
As they rode, Tela explained to him about Wilson and the Helping
Friendly
Book. She told the colonel that she was part of a revolution to
overthrow
the evil king. The leader of the revolution was a Lizard named
Errand
Wolfe who was out to avenge the death of his son Roger. Roger,
she said,
had been executed by Wilson at the age of fourteen on suspicion
of treason.
He had been abducted from his home and hung in the public square.
The two rode on in silence, deeper and deeper into the heart of
the forest
until they came to the outskirts of a small community. Tela
explained to
Forbin that they had reached the base of the revolutionaries. The
colonel
looked up and there in the centre of the clearing stood Errand
Wolfe. He
was a small man but his presence was overpowering. He seemed to
emit a
kind of violent energy that sent chills down the colonel's spine.
And as
the multi-beast moved towards him, he raised his fist in anger,
and his
voice filled the forest.
====================
Oh out near Stonehenge, I lived alone
Oh out near Gamehendge, I chafed a bone
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards
I beg it all trune for you
Talk my duke a mountain, Helping Friendly Book
In as far as fiefdom, I think you bad crook
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards
I beg it all trune for you
I talked to my son Roger, Rutherford the same
[or "I talked to Mike Christian, Rog and Pete the same"]
When we had that meeting, over down near Game(hendge)
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards
I beg it all trune for you
You got me back thinkin' that you're the worst one
I must inquire, Wilson
Can you still have fun?
Wilson
Can you still have fun?
Wilson
Can you still have fun?
Wilson
====================
NARRATION
Meanwhile, in the main square in Prussia, the state of the
revolution was
taking another turn for the worst. A crowd of townspeople had
gathered to
witness the hanging of Wilson's accountant, Mr. Palmer. It seemed
that
Palmer had been a revolutionary himself and had been extorting
Wilson's
money to fund the revolution. Palmer stood on the scaffold with
Wilson and
the AC/DC Bag, an electrified robot-hangman with a black bag over
his head.
Wilson seemed pleased as he began to speak.
===================
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 dead
The noose is hanging, at least you won't die wondering
Sit up and take notice; Tell it like it is
If I were near you I wouldn't be far from you
I've got a feeling you know what you did
chorus:
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
DC Bag
(2x)
Time to put your money where your mouth is
Put 'em in a field and let 'em fight it out
I'm running so fast my feet don't touch the ground
I'm a stranger here I'm going down
Let's get down to the nitty gritty
Let's get this show on the road
I'll show you mine if you show me yours
I'm breathing hard - open the door
[chorus]
Brain dead, and made of money
No future at all
Pull down the blinds and run for cover
No future at all
Who would've thought it, that's where I am
No future at all
Don't sweat it, that's where I am
Whoa, carry me down, down, down, down
====================
NARRATION
By that night, news of Palmer's death had travelled back to the
camp.
Spirits were low and Colonel Forbin felt devastated.
Even
though he had
only been in Gamehendge for one day, he had already developed a
deep hatred
for Wilson. He wanted desperately to help the revolutionaries,
but without
Palmer, it seemed hopeless.
He
wandered slowly through the camp and passed
Errand Wolfe, sitting by the fire with Rutherford, who had
returned that
afternoon. He walked on and soon found himself outside of Tela's
hut.
Forbin knocked and walked in. Tela sat behind a makeshift desk in
the
centre of a room that was littered with small cages containing
spotted
stripers, a tiny three-legged breed of animal. The unit monster
sat in the
corner. The colonel took a step toward Tela and spoke. "I
needed to come
here tonight" he said, "to tell you that I've fallen in
love with you." He
looked to her eyes for approval but her face remained frozen in
an
expressionless stare. An awkward blanket of silence fell over the
room and
hung for a long moment before being shattered by the sound of the
door
swinging violently open.
It was
Rutherford the Brave. The ironclad knight
rushed across the room and gripped the throats of Tela and the
unit monster
in each of his mighty hands. They struggled to break free but
even the
unit monster was no match for Rutherford's power and soon it was
over. The
bodies fell to the floor in a lifeless heap. Colonel Forbin
stepped
forward from where he stood in the corner; unable to contain his
confusion
and rage and screamed "WHY?" His question was answered
by Errand Wolfe who
had quietly slipped through the doorway during the confusion.
"She was a
spy," he said, and explained to Forbin that she had been
sending
information to Wilson using the spotted stripers as carriers.
Roger's
death had aroused his suspicion, and Palmer's had confirmed it.
The
colonel stood in silence in a world that had turned up-side-down
so many
times that he no longer knew which way was up. It had all seemed
so simple
when he first arrived. Good versus evil, and of course he had
sided with
good as he had done all his life. And now, he stood and stared
into the
eyes of Errand Wolfe and he saw evil. The entire picture began to
seem
like an enormous puzzle with one piece missing, and the colonel
knew what
that piece was. "Within twenty-four hours," he said to
Errand Wolfe, "You
will have the Helping Friendly Book." And even as the words
were leaving
his lips, he found himself running out the door and into the
forest, not
towards Prussia, but toward the great mountain looming in the
distance.
====================
COLONEL FORBIN'S ASCENT
Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
And wiped away the beads of sweat
That glistened on his brow
His tired feet were buried in the quagmire
And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him
And fulfilment of his vow
And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
And pulled his body upwards
To a sea green mossy boulder
And he dragged his weary carcass [or "shit-ass"] up the
mountain
And he climbed so slowly
He climbed so slowly
Ahead
Ahead
Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
And the rocks began to crumble overhead
And tumble down the mountain to the
Dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs
through which his path had led
And the earth began to quake beneath his feet
And the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
Cascading down the mountain
And a thousand birds were headed for the sky. Oh...
The sacred creed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
Obey
When the dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head
And was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
And he saw the silhouette that stood before him
And he bowed in reverence
Trembling in the shadow of the mighty legend's form
Icculus the prophet stood before his eyes
Looking down on Colonel Forbin
Where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
And he quietly addressed him
And he spoke so slowly
He spoke so slowly
Ahead
He said
Colonel Forbin I know why you've come here
And I'll help you with your quest to gain the knowledge that you
lack
I call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird
To fly and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack
And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow
And the Helping Friendly Book will plant the seed
But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure
Becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice
And greed
The sacred greed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
And to obey
======================
And the famous mockingbird swooped down out of the sky and landed
on
Icculus's shoulder, and Icculus whispered into the bird's ear,
and it flew
off toward Wilson's castle in the valley below.
======================
FAMOUS MOCKINGBIRD
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly...
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
====================
NARRATION
The next morning at the camp Errand Wolfe and Rutherford stood
frozen in
awe as the famous mockingbird flew out of the sky and laid the
Helping
Friendly Book at their feet. The quest for the book had dragged
on for so
many years that it's sudden appearance left the men staring in
disbelief,
unsure of what their next move should be. The shock wore off
quickly
though, and Errand Wolfe shot into high gear. He snatched up the
book with
one hand and the famous mockingbird with the other, and began to
inform
Rutherford of his plan. He would first kill Wilson, and then put
the
Helping Friendly Book to work for him.
With Rutherford's aid he fastened the famous mockingbird to a
pole, with
glue and rubber bands, to insure the secrecy of his mission, and
then set
out to find the only man in Gamehendge who could handle the job
of
eliminating a King.
===================
SLOTH
They call me the sloth
Way down in the ghetto
Italian Spaghetti
Singing falsetto
Sleeping all day
Rip Van Winklin'
Spend my nights in bars
Glasses tinklin'
I'm so bad
He's so nasty
Ain't got no friends
Real outcasty
Stay out of my way
Or you'll end up a cripple
I'll take this piece of paper
And slice you in the nipple
They call me the sloth
Way down in the ghetto
Italian Spaghetti
Singing falsetto
Sleeping all day
Rip Van Winklin'
Spend my nights in bars
Glasses tinklin'
====================
NARRATION
Colonel Forbin stared at the fourteen bars that stood at the end
of the
cell. He ran his hand across the cold, damp dungeon wall and
thought again
about the door. He had travelled through the door out of
necessity. Once
he knew it existed, he simply couldn't leave it alone. Just like
Wilson.
Just like Tela. Just like Errand Wolfe. And he sat in the dungeon,
and he
realised that he was back again; through the door. And through
the tiny
window in the corner of his cell, he heard the distant strains.
Errand
Errand
Errand
Errand
And from atop the mountain Icculus looked down on all that went
on below
him. And he smiled.
====================
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 anyway
I was riding down the road one day and
Someone hit a possum
I was riding down the road one day and
Someone hit a possum
The road was his end
His end was the road
So they say
Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM
Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM
Whoa possum, possum
Your end is the road
I was riding down the road one day and
Someone hit a possum
I was riding down the road one day and
Someone hit a possum
The road was his end
His end was the road
So they say
Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM
Whoa possum... possum, possum... POSSUM
Whoa possum,
Your end is the road
Whoa possum, possum
Your end is the road
The End....... Or was it!
After
this was originally recorded by Trey, Phish have added sequels
and prequels to the saga. We have tried to list all we know about
as follows. In most cases including an MP3 to download.
THE
DIVIDED SKY
Live recording 16-3-91
(Music and Lyrics - Trey Anastasio)
Ahhh!
Divided sky, the wind blows high
[The divided sky chant is part of an ancient ritual dating back
to
the pre-Wilson years of purity in Gamehendge. After listening to
the sacred sounds for a sloping lawn, three chosen subjects eat a
special root collected at the base of the enormous mountain that
rises in the centre of the forest. The root is believed to
contain
the spirit of Icculus, who lives at the top of the mountain.
After
eating the root, they venture into a vast field at sundown. The
field is deep green, and stretches as far as the eye can see in
all
directions. In the centre of the field stands an enormous black
rhombus. They climb the rhombus and begin to sing, paying
homage to the gods of the night sky.]
____________________________________________________________________________
LLAMA
words/music: Anastasio
Live July 25th 1992 at Stowe, Vermont.
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 encampment below.
His trusty llama stands beside him, loaded down with a
canvas pack that holds two large bazooka type guns to the
animal's sides. Near the man sits a cache of blastoplast,
each capable of destroying the entire hillside in an instant...
Sunrise over the turquoise mountains
Messenger birds in sight
They came up through the valley
Both sides at a time
Through the cold steady rain
Raid!
I bend down
Poke a double decker on a llama
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Trigger a blastoplast, ramshackle laker recedes
I start to run
It was the loudest thing I'd ever heard
And I knew my time had come
To enter the delta
C Leave it on press [2x]
H Depress, Depress
O Llama, Taboot Taboot
R Leave it on press
U Depress, Depress
S Llama, Taboot Taboot
[Keys solo]
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus - 3x]
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Taboot Taboot
Taboot Taboot
Taboot
MCGRUPP AND THE WATCHFUL
HOSEMASTERS
(Live MP3 Crest Theatre on March 22nd 1993)
I've alternated my meager flock
To the shores of the Baltic Sea
The teeth of time have stowed the rhyme
Of how things should be
My cave, my house, my turning wheel
My little docking pup
The march of Colonel Forbin
And his fleet hound called McGrupp
The grime of countless workdogs
Has collected in my sink
I tie my nose with spandex hose
Before I get a drink
While on frozen warthogs
With its poison in our minds
The ferns that spot our children
Are encased in orange rinds
All times and seasons are the reasons
That people and their clans
Have stowed the Famous Mockingbird
With glue and rubber bands
They writhe and cry in agony
As Rutherford the Brave
Chokes Tela and the Unit Monster
Managing to save
The spotted striper's multi-beast
And thereby cheat his grave
I'd like to get his autograph
But he looks too much like Dave (several x)
[transcribed
from Dartmouth 8/19/89 by DMcC]
From: David Douglas McCallum <kcjonz@wam.umd.edu>
(Live MP3 31st December 1995 MSG NYC)
I come from the land where the oceans freeze
Spent three long months on the open seas
Paddled 'til it seemed I could take no more
When my ship hit ground on Prussia's shores
How was I to know that day
That the winds had swept me Wilson's way
'Cause soon towards me from the East
Came Wilson and his men on multi-beasts
Well it seems he didn't like my face
And I quickly learned that Prussia was an evil place
They tied me to a chair with a giant clip
And held a piece of paper to my tender nip(ple)
Then they tossed the chair in a tiny shack
And told me not to worry 'cause they'd soon be back
But I loosened up the binds where my hands were lashed
And ran towards the cove where my boat was stashed
Singing "Oh Wilson, someday I'll kill you 'til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye"
When Wilson knew that I was loose
I'd surely be subjected to some real abuse
Maybe end up hanging from the nearest tree
So angrily I paddled to the open sea
But the sea was eager to beat me back
And the waves grew huge and deadly black
And the gray clouds rumbled over my head
And I feared in my heart that I'd soon be dead
[Solo over "Landlady" changes]
When the morning came and the storm had passed
And the dismal fog began at last
To open up before my eyes
And there I saw to my surprise
Chains and specks of islands curved
Where palm trees dipped and seagulls swerved
And I parked my kayak on a stone
And yelled across the ocean to his evil throne
I said "Oh Wilson, someday I'll kill you 'til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye
Wilson, kill you 'til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye"
[Solo over "Landlady" changes]
ICCULUS
Transcribed off of Junta Re-release live
From:ROBINSON@UPS.EDU
(Background vocals were not transcribed-I think you can figure
them out!)
...We already played that
We're going to lighten it up a bit
We're going to lighten it up a bit
This really isn't a stupid song
This is a special song
This is an important song
This is a dance song
This is.. THIS IS RED ROCKS...THIS IS THE EDGE!!!
No really this is a song about...
We want to get serious now that we have your attention
We want to talk about..
We want to talk about an important man (Diarrhea!-Mike)
Who could have an important effect
On everybody in this room's lives
If they were willing to take the chance
To let this person into their hearts and their views
Because this is a special man (Background OOOH's and AHH's begin
here)
And this man wrote a great book
For this is the author of the Helping Friendly Book
The book that could change your life, the way it changed ours
And I hope that someday
That you, you people will all have the chance
To read the Helping Friendly Book
And experience the wisdom
Of the great and knowledgeable
Man who wrote the Helping Friendly Book
Because he is, the great and knowledgeable
He is the one, the only
Author of the Helping Friendly Book
HE is, the man, the great man, the only
the special
His name is...
The Author of the Helping Friendly Book
He is the great, the knowledgeable
The one, the only
The great and knowledgeable
Person who wrote the Helping Friendly Book
His name could only be
The one, the only
The only, the special, the Author of the Helping Friendly Book
HE WROTE THE PHUCKING BOOK OK!
HE WROTE THE BOOK
His name..
WAS..
ICCULUS!!!!!
[This part is sung]
Written by the great and knowledgeable Icculus
Ya! Our children are old enough
To read ICCULUS (or Ridicule us)
A cold and lonely night
Running the pace of her fright
Look at her face tonight!
(Starts to go into a jam, then stops abruptly)
Thanks!
