Cavern

Song Cavern
Artist Phish
Album At the Roxy (Atlanta '93)

Lyrics

Your time is near, the mission's clear
It's later than we think
Before you slip into the night
You'll want something to drink
Steal away before the dawn
And bring us back good news
But if you've tread in primal soup
Please wipe it from your shoes
Just then a porthole pirate scourged
The evening with his cry
And sanctuary bugs deprived
A monkey of its thigh
A dust arose and clogged my nose
Before I could blink twice
Despite this stuff that bubbled up
I gave some last advice"The flesh from Satan's dogs will makeThe rudiments of gruelDeduct the carrots from your payYou worthless swampy fool"
Exploding then through fields and fen
And swimming in the mire
The septic maiden's gargoyle tooth
Demented me with fire
I drifted where the current chose
Afloat upon my back
And if perchance a newt slimed by
I'd stuff it in my sack
Soon I felt a bubble form
Somewhere below my skin
But with handy spine of hedgehog
I removed the force within
Suzie then removed her mask
And caused a mighty stir
The angry mob responded
Taking turns at grabbing her
The foggy cavern's musty grime
Appeared within my palm
I snatched
Rick's fork to scrape it off
With deadly icy calm
The crowd meanwhile had taken
SueAnd used her like a rag
To mop the slime from where the slug
Had slithered with the bag
In summing up, the moral seems
A little bit obscure
Give the director a serpent deflector
A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector
A cushion convector, a pitcher of nectar
A virile dissector, a hormone collector
Give the director a serpent deflector
A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector
A cushion convector, a pitcher of nectar
A virile dissector, a
Give the director a serpent deflector
A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector
A cushion convector, a pitcher of nectar
A virile dissector, a
Give the director a serpent deflector
A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector
A cushion convector, a pitcher of nectar
A virile dissector, a hormone collector
Whatever you do
Take care of your shoes