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In the cool shade of the banana tree

On the rugged trail toward the balcony

A child of the twentieth century

A dried up Goliath and a weasel named Fee


Far away in another place

A fading beauty named Milly Grace

A gospel singer with pocks on her face

And a bamboo cane to help her keep the pace


Fee was a Buddhist prodigy

Long past the age of maturity

Someday he knew it would set him free

Like it did for Floyd the chimpanzee


Oh, Fee, you're trying to live a life

That's completely free.

You're racing with the wind

You're flirting with death

So have a cup of coffee

And catch your breath


Fee first met Milly in a bar in Peru

His heart was jumping like a kangaroo

Like a beast in a cage in an old Dutch zoo

It was hopping and thumping in wooden shoes


But Floyd was jealous and alone

He wanted Milly for his own

A desperate craving in his bones

"Their love", he said, "I will not condone."


Then one day on a ship to Quebec

Floyd found Milly on a lover's trek

He picked up a bottle and broke off the neck

It sliced through the air, and Fee hit the deck


Oh, Fee, you're trying to live a life

That's completely free

You want to stay with Milly

Until you're dead

But you just got a bottle

Upside your head


Milly turned and began to scream at Floyd

She said "You think you're pretty mean"

And though she was as thin as a small string bean

She slammed him in the face with a nectarine


Floyd fell back over the edge of the ship

Till he hung from the rail by his fingertip

Milly said, "Floyd I'll make you lose your grip

With this tiny piece of paper I can make you slip"


So Milly took that paper and did the deed

Floyd hit the water with astonishing speed

And as the sharks circled and began to feed

Milly knew her weasel was finally free


Oh, Fee, you're trying to live a life

That's completely free

Floyd is dead; he's nothing but a ripple

Cause Milly took that paper

And sliced him on the nipple
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I always considered it to be the opposite of The Beatles' Rocky Raccoon. (Fee = Dan; Floyd = Rocky; Millie = Magil / Lil / Nancy)

@subskin - yeah, you nailed it ;-)

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ever since the first time i heard this song i immediately thought it was talking about acid. mainly the end when she says "with the tiny piece of paper i'll make you lose your grip" acid blotter is damn small....

then it talks about how he hit the water with astonishing speed. so he started tripping fast. then the sharks circled around... his trip really started to hit him hard. then afterwards his mind had finally been expanded and he was "free"

just my thoughts

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an interesting fairy tale

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Subskin, that's a good observation.

I love this song, and all he wanted to do is be free.

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i have a friend named fee

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awesome song from a great band

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It was part of Trey's school project at UVM and high school where he wrote a fanciful tale of all sorts. Fee was aprt of that tale.

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I lied, it is about nothign and everyhting. Could be acid, could be nonsense, could be about my pakistani neighbor.

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Binghiskhan...it's totally the pakistani neighbor. Bar none :) This was the first Phish song I ever heard and I immediately fell in love. It was the first song on the first album my first time getting stoned way back in 2000. I felt like the verses were inside my head because of how the sound quality of Trey's voice is changed. Love it.

@bigmanbt I discovered the song while on LSD between Phish and busta rhymes that one fine night in 1994 was a fucking otherworldly experience.

The song is about interdimentional travel and flyds nipple being gone.

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i <3 phish =]

 
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