Reba sink a boulder in the water

Reba tie a cable to a tree

Reba stuck in a game of lipstick perfume flypaper

Reba press a razor to a slide cross a needle with a prune


Knee deep in the motel tub

Reba dangle ladle form her lip

dip

sip

Reba babble to the nag with the lipstick perfume

mutter to a farmer in a truck


Take a peek at the cheetah, Reba

cheetah on the prowl in a cage

sink a boulder in the water

tie a cable to a tree



Mutter "nature" to the nag

with the lipstick perfume

Reba flush a fleshfarm leftover

thunder in a circle

down the pipes


Bag it

Tag it

Sell it to the butcher in the store


Reba put a stopper in the bottom of the tub

picked up a jar unscrewed the top

and watched it drop into the water


A little scoop of plaster mix

some coffee grounds and mud

and then she stirred it with the ladle

that her Grandmother had bought her

threw in a pot of melted wax

a forefoot and a hoof

apple core, worms galore

and a can of some corrosive


coconuts and chloroform

some wicker and some cork

Toxic waste, some purple paste

she hoped was not explosive


Reba dip a ladle for a taste of her creation

and she knew that what she make

would be the finest in the nation



Lyrics submitted by oofus

Track duration: 12:13


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    General Comment:It doesn't mean anything... It's just nonsense words that go along with the quirky, beautifully composed early section.
    Flag DrDavidLopanon March 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:oh shit apparently i already said that like a year ago
    Flag chiefhky29on November 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:ok so rebas putting all this crazy shit into a bathtub to see what would happen. she keeps just adding ridiculous shit. finally she tries it out and starts tripping hard - (the mid section) then she gets real euphoric and peaceful (the jam) and afterward she realizes she discovered/invented this fantastic drug and so she starts "bagging it, tagging it and selling it"
    Flag chiefhky29on November 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this tune is autobigraphical....a bit pompous ("...what she made would be the finest in the nation"), maybe but also prophetic...as long as it's solely for the music, i await ghoti's return in a state of permanent salivation
    Flag THEOTHR1on August 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i interpreted the lyrics as this>
    she's in the bathtub putting all these whacky ingredients in... doesnt really know what she's soing. but then at the end she "tastes" her creation and then, after the chorus, she begins to trip out. thats when the whacky jam kicks in. eventually the trip calms a little and becomes a more euphoric typ of thing and the jam shifts to that like drum & bass n infinite sustain type of thing. real chill. and bag it tag it sel it... well i think she knows she has a psychedelic thin going for her so she's gonna sel that shit. the whole thing may just be a metaphor for making sellin and takin drugs im not sure
    Flag chiefhky29on February 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song! The lyrics crack me up, and they are classic Phish - tongue-twisting, oddly detailed descriptions with no apparent explanation or purpose.

    The composed music part has a cool feature to listen for. At 5:12 (studio version) the guitar and keyboard play a schizophrenic melody together in unison. At 5:48 the melody repeats - but this time with the piano staying a beat before the guitar.

    And of course the jam after that is sublime.
    Flag Rossmcdon November 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song is the perfect cruising song. its so long, yet goes back to that "bag it tag it sell it to the butcher in the store" every time. while stoned of course
    Flag mynameismikeon May 27, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:this song is the perfect cruising song. its so long, yet goes back to that "bag it tag it sell it to the butcher in the store" every time. while stoned of course
    Flag mynameismikeon May 27, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with x0nix. The jam is awesome. The whistling part is the best.

    Phish, you pot induced bastards, I love you.
    Flag Shark Bait XXXon March 13, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:you should definatly do the shoppin- cart dance to this song, while stoned.
    Flag pinkpanther233on March 06, 2005   Link

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