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
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This song is awesome! It's pretty much my favorite Phish tune. Sounds like the song is a story of seeing a possum get hit by a car? Who knows? It's still an awesome song.
this is one of the best songs to hear 'em play live. so full of energy
One interpretation might be to take "The Road" as touring with phish, which has been known to be hard on folks in various ways, including the band itself! At one point even the band was "run over" by the intensity of the party scene....
But having first been played in 1985.... the band would obviously not have been writing about touring with the band in the mid nineties. So dance on, Phish heads.