the  lizards  -  phish

passing  through  the  corridor  i  came  upon  an  aging  knight

who  leaned  against  the  wall  in  gnarly  armor

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

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"

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

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"

the  helping  friendly  book,  it  seemed

possessed  the  ancient  secrets

of  eternal  joy  and  never-ending  splendor

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  the  thoughts  that  he  had  thunk

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"