GAMEHENDGE
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
TMWSIY
by Trey Anastasio



INTRODUCTION

Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson

Once upon a time there was a mountain that rose out of a vast green forest.
And in the forest there were birds and lakes and rocks and trees and
rivers. The forest was also inhabited by a small group of people called
the lizards. The lizards were a simple people and they had lived in the
forest undisturbed for thousands of years in utter peace and tranquillity.
Once a year when spring came, and the first blossoms began to show, the
lizards would gather at the base of the mountain, to give thanks for all
that they had. They thanked the birds and they thanked the lakes and they
thanked the rocks and the trees and the rivers; but most importantly, they
thanked Icculus. Icculus lived at the top of the mountain, or at least
everyone thought so, for no one had actually ever seen him. But they knew
he existed, because they had the Helping Friendly Book. Icculus had given
the Helping Friendly Book to the Lizards thousands of years earlier as a
gift. It contained all of the knowledge inherent in the universe, and had
enabled the Lizards to exist in harmony with nature for years. And so they
lived; until one day a traveler arrived in Gamehendge. His name was Wilson
and he quickly became intrigued by the Lizards way of life. He asked if he
could stay on and live in the forest; and the Lizards, who had never seen
an outsider, were happy to oblige. Wilson lived with the Lizards for a few
years, studying the ways of the Helping Friendly Book, and all was well.
Until one morning when they awoke and the book was gone. Wilson explained
that he had hidden the book, knowing that the Lizards had become dependent
on it for survival. He declared himself king and enslaved the innocent
people of Gamehendge. He cut down the trees and built a city, which he
called Prussia. And in the center of the city he built a castle, and
locked in the highest tower of the castle lay the Helping Friendly Book out
of the reach of the Lizards forever. But our story begins at a different
time, not in Gamehendge, but on a suburban street in Long Island, and our
hero is no king sitting in a castle, he is a retired colonel shaving in his
bathroom.

Colonel Forbin looked square in the mirror and dragged the blade across his
cold creamed skin. He saw the tired little folds of flesh that lay in a
heap beneath his eyes. Fifty-two years of obedient self-restraint, of
hiding his tension behind a serene veil of composure. For fifty-two years
he had piled it all on the back burner, and for fifty-two years it had
boiled, frothing over in a turbulent storm inside of him. It had escaped
through his eyes, reacting with the cigarette smoke and the fluorescent
lights and slowly accumulating into a sagging mass. He ran his dripping
palm across the stubble on the nape of his neck and thought again about the
door. He had discovered the door some months back on one of his
ritualistic morning walks with his dog McGrupp. It had started out as a
typical stroll with McGrupp bounding joyously ahead of the preoccupied
colonel. As they reached the apex of the hill, he saw it and he knew it
had always been there, and felt foolish for overlooking the door for so
long. At first, he tried to ignore it, but he soon found that it was
impossible, and slowly his newly acquired knowledge transformed his dreary
life into a prison from which there was only one escape. And on this
morning, Colonel Forbin stepped through the door.

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LIZARDS

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

chorus:

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 died

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

[chorus]

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 thoughts that he had thunk

[chorus]

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But Rutherford and Forbin weren't alone. And suddenly an unexpected
movement caught his eye. On the far side of the river he saw a shaggy
creature standing in the weeds; who stared across at Forbin with an
unrelenting gaze. A gigantic mass of muscles and claws. The hideous beast
reared back and hurled himself in the water and swam toward the region
where Rutherford lay. And in a flash, the beast was gone, underneath the
surface to the frosty depths below while Forbin, bewildered, waited alone.
The seconds dragged by in what seemed like hours till finally the colonel
felt it all had been a dream. Defeated, he bowed his head then turned to
go. Suddenly with a roar, the creature emerged before him and held the
brave knight's body to the sky. And the creature laid the knight upon the
shore. And the colonel fell beside his friend in prayer that he'd survive.
And Rutherford, brave Rutherford was alive.

Forbin and the unit monster were crouched over the soggy knight carefully
removing his bulky helmet when the colonel heard a sound behind him. He
turned around and came face to face with an enormous shaggy horse-like
creature covered from head to tail with alternating blotches of brown and
white. It was a two-toned multi-beast, and atop the multi-beast sat the
most beautiful woman the colonel had ever seen. After fifty-two years of
undaunted bachelorhood, the colonel felt a feeling rush over him as he had
never felt before.

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TELA

The sky is burning in this lonely man
And I kneel by the river and I feel the sand and the wind
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain
And she comes to me in this lonely land
And looks down from the multi-beast on which she rides like the wind
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain

Tela was born in a vulgar crooked hut
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Venomous scorn from a life of bitter toil
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Glory esteem fueled by her hatred it grew
Swelling to the point where it would
Burst at the seems there was nothing she could do

Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
A lullaby the breezes whisper

And I look into her eyes and my frozen heart begins to thaw
And burns, 'til layer after layer melts away into a pool
A sky blue mirror of her eyes

And my soul is made of marble but in her gaze I crumble into dust
And drift away on the wind
The wind from beyond the mountain
The wind from beyond the mountain

Tela grew strong from her struggle to endure
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Time touched her wounds and shelter proved the cure
In the shadow of Wilson's castle
Each passing day seemed to feed the brazen serpent locked inside
And liberate the spirit she'd concealed for so long
There was no place left to hide

Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
Tela Tela jewel of Wilson's foul domain
A lullaby the breezes whisper

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Tela reached out her hand and helped Forbin on to the back of the multi-
beast, and together they rode off into the forest.

As they rode, Tela explained to him about Wilson and the Helping Friendly
Book. She told the colonel that she was part of a revolution to overthrow
the evil king. The leader of the revolution was a Lizard named Errand
Wolfe who was out to avenge the death of his son Roger. Roger, she said,
had been executed by Wilson at the age of fourteen on suspicion of treason.
He had been abducted from his home and hung in the public square.

The two rode on in silence, deeper and deeper into the heart of the forest
until they came to the outskirts of a small community. Tela explained to
Forbin that they had reached the base of the revolutionaries. The colonel
looked up and there in the center of the clearing stood Errand Wolfe. He
was a small man but his presence was overpowering. He seemed to emit a
kind of violent energy that sent chills down the colonel's spine. And as
the multi-beast moved towards him, he raised his fist in anger, and his
voice filled the forest.

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WILSON

Oh out near Stonehenge, I lived alone
Oh out near Gamehendge, I chafed a bone
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards
I beg it all trune for you

Talk my duke a mountain, Helping Friendly Book
In as far as fiefdom, I think you bad crook
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards
I beg it all trune for you

I talked to my son Roger, Rutherford the same
[or "I talked to Mike Christian, Rog and Pete the same"]
When we had that meeting, over down near Game(hendge)
Wilson, King of Prussia, I lay this hate on you
Wilson, Duke of Lizards
I beg it all trune for you

You got me back thinkin' that you're the worst one
I must inquire, Wilson
Can you still have fun?
Wilson
Can you still have fun?
Wilson
Can you still have fun?
Wilson

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Meanwhile, in the main square in Prussia, the state of the revolution was
taking another turn for the worst. A crowd of townspeople had gathered to
witness the hanging of Wilson's accountant, Mr. Palmer. It seemed that
Palmer had been a revolutionary himself and had been extorting Wilson's
money to fund the revolution. Palmer stood on the scaffold with Wilson and
the AC/DC Bag, an electrified robot-hangman with a black bag over his head.
Wilson seemed pleased as he began to speak.

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AC/DC BAG

Mr. Palmer is concerned with the thousand dollar question
Just like Roger he's a crazy little kid
I've got the time if you've got the inclination
So cheer up Palmer, you'll soon be dead

The noose is hanging, at least you won't die wondering
Sit up and take notice; Tell it like it is
If I were near you I wouldn't be far from you
I've got a feeling you know what you did

chorus:

AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
DC Bag
(2x)

Time to put your money where your mouth is
Put 'em in a field and let 'em fight it out
I'm running so fast my feet don't touch the ground
I'm a stranger here I'm going down

Let's get down to the nitty gritty
Let's get this show on the road
I'll show you mine if you show me yours
I'm breathing hard - open the door

[chorus]

Brain dead, and made of money
No future at all
Pull down the blinds and run for cover
No future at all

Who would've thought it, that's where I am
No future at all
Don't sweat it, that's where I am
Whoa, carry me down, down, down, down

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By that night, news of Palmer's death had traveled back to the camp.
Spirits were low and Colonel Forbin felt devastated. Even though he had
only been in Gamehendge for one day, he had already developed a deep hatred
for Wilson. He wanted desperately to help the revolutionaries, but without
Palmer, it seemed hopeless. He wandered slowly through the camp and passed
Errand Wolfe, sitting by the fire with Rutherford, who had returned that
afternoon. He walked on and soon found himself outside of Tela's hut.
Forbin knocked and walked in. Tela sat behind a makeshift desk in the
center of a room that was littered with small cages containing spotted
stripers, a tiny three-legged breed of animal. The unit monster sat in the
corner. The colonel took a step toward Tela and spoke. "I needed to come
here tonight" he said, "to tell you that I've fallen in love with you." He
looked to her eyes for approval but her face remained frozen in an
expressionless stare. An awkward blanket of silence fell over the room and
hung for a long moment before being shattered by the sound of the door
swinging violently open. It was Rutherford the Brave. The ironclad knight
rushed across the room and gripped the throats of Tela and the unit monster
in each of his mighty hands. They struggled to break free but even the
unit monster was no match for Rutherford's power and soon it was over. The
bodies fell to the floor in a lifeless heap. Colonel Forbin stepped
forward from where he stood in the corner; unable to contain his confusion
and rage and screamed "WHY?" His question was answered by Errand Wolfe who
had quietly slipped through the doorway during the confusion. "She was a
spy," he said, and explained to Forbin that she had been sending
information to Wilson using the spotted stripers as carriers. Roger's
death had aroused his suspicion, and Palmer's had confirmed it. The
colonel stood in silence in a world that had turned up-side-down so many
times that he no longer knew which way was up. It had all seemed so simple
when he first arrived. Good versus evil, and of course he had sided with
good as he had done all his life. And now, he stood and stared into the
eyes of Errand Wolfe and he saw evil. The entire picture began to seem
like an enormous puzzle with one piece missing, and the colonel knew what
that piece was. "Within twenty-four hours," he said to Errand Wolfe, "You
will have the Helping Friendly Book." And even as the words were leaving
his lips, he found himself running out the door and into the forest, not
towards Prussia, but toward the great mountain looming in the distance.

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COLONEL FORBIN'S ASCENT

Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
And wiped away the beads of sweat
That glistened on his brow
His tired feet were buried in the quagmire
And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him
And fulfillment of his vow

And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
And pulled his body upwards
To a sea green mossy boulder
And he dragged his weary carcass [or "shit-ass"] up the mountain

And he climbed so slowly
He climbed so slowly
Ahead
Ahead

Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
And the rocks began to crumble overhead
And tumble down the mountain to the
Dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs
through which his path had led
And the earth began to quake beneath his feet
And the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
Cascading down the mountain
And a thousand birds were headed for the sky. Oh...

The sacred creed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
Obey

When the dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head
And was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
And he saw the silhouette that stood before him
And he bowed in reverence
Trembling in the shadow of the mighty legend's form
Icculus the prophet stood before his eyes
Looking down on Colonel Forbin
Where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
And he quietly addressed him

And he spoke so slowly
He spoke so slowly
Ahead
He said

Colonel Forbin I know why you've come here
And I'll help you with your quest to gain the knowledge that you lack
I call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird
To fly and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack
And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow
And the Helping Friendly Book will plant the seed
But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure
Becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice
And greed

The sacred greed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
And to obey

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And the famous mockingbird swooped down out of the sky and landed on
Icculus's shoulder, and Icculus whispered into the bird's ear, and it flew
off toward Wilson's castle in the valley below.

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FAMOUS MOCKINGBIRD

Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...

Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...
Fly...
Fly...
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly...

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The next morning at the camp Errand Wolfe and Rutherford stood frozen in
awe as the famous mockingbird flew out of the sky and laid the Helping
Friendly Book at their feet. The quest for the book had dragged on for so
many years that it's sudden appearance left the men staring in disbelief,
unsure of what their next move should be. The shock wore off quickly
though, and Errand Wolfe shot into high gear. He snatched up the book with
one hand and the famous mockingbird with the other, and began to inform
Rutherford of his plan. He would first kill Wilson, and then put the
Helping Friendly Book to work for him.

With Rutherford's aid he fastened the famous mockingbird to a pole, with
glue and rubber bands, to insure the secrecy of his mission, and then set
out to find the only man in Gamehendge who could handle the job of
eliminating a King.

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SLOTH

They call me the sloth
Way down in the ghetto
Italian Spaghetti
Singing falsetto
Sleeping all day
Rip Van Winklin'
Spend my nights in bars
Glasses tinklin'

I'm so bad
He's so nasty
Ain't got no friends
Real outcasty
Stay out of my way
Or you'll end up a cripple
I'll take this piece of paper
And slice you in the nipple

They call me the sloth
Way down in the ghetto
Italian Spaghetti
Singing falsetto
Sleeping all day
Rip Van Winklin'
Spend my nights in bars
Glasses tinklin'

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Colonel Forbin stared at the fourteen bars that stood at the end of the
cell. He ran his hand across the cold, damp dungeon wall and thought again
about the door. He had traveled through the door out of necessity. Once
he knew it existed, he simply couldn't leave it alone. Just like Wilson.
Just like Tela. Just like Errand Wolfe. And he sat in the dungeon, and he
realized that he was back again; through the door. And through the tiny
window in the corner of his cell, he heard the distant strains.
Errand
Errand
Errand
Errand
And from atop the mountain Icculus looked down on all that went on below
him. And he smiled.

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POSSUM

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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MCGRUPP AND THE WATCHFUL HOSEMASTERS

I've alternated my meager flock
To the shores of the Baltic Sea
The teeth of time have stowed the rhyme
Of how things should be

My cave, my house, my turning wheel
My little docking pup
The march of Colonel Forbin
And his fleet hound called McGrupp

The grime of countless workdogs
Has collected in my sink
I tie my nose with spandex hose
Before I get a drink

While on frozen warthogs
With its poison in our minds
The ferns that spot our children
Are encased in orange rinds

All times and seasons are the reasons
That people and their clans
Have stowed the Famous Mockingbird
With glue and rubber bands
They writhe and cry in agony
As Rutherford the Brave
Chokes Tela and the Unit Monster
Managing to save

The spotted striper's multi-beast
And thereby cheat his grave
I'd like to get his autograph
But he looks too much like Dave (several x)

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PUNCH YOU IN THE EYE - [transcribed from Dartmouth 8/19/89 by DMcC]
From: David Douglas McCallum 

I come from the land where the oceans freeze
Spent three long months on the open seas
Paddled 'til it seemed I could take no more
When my ship hit ground on Prussia's shores

How was I to know that day
That the winds had swept me Wilson's way
'Cause soon towards me from the East
Came Wilson and his men on multi-beasts

Well it seems he didn't like my face
And I quickly learned that Prussia was an evil place
They tied me to a chair with a giant clip
And held a piece of paper to my tender nip(ple)

Then they tossed the chair in a tiny shack
And told me not to worry 'cause they'd soon be back
But I loosened up the binds where my hands were lashed
And ran towards the cove where my boat was stashed

Singing "Oh Wilson, someday I'll kill you 'til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye"

When Wilson knew that I was loose
I'd surely be subjected to some real abuse
Maybe end up hanging from the nearest tree
So angrily I paddled to the open sea

But the sea was eager to beat me back
And the waves grew huge and deadly black
And the gray clouds rumbled over my head
And I feared in my heart that I'd soon be dead

[Solo over "Landlady" changes]

When the morning came and the storm had passed
And the dismal fog began at last
To open up before my eyes
And there I saw to my surprise

Chains and specks of islands curved
Where palm trees dipped and seagulls swerved
And I parked my kayak on a stone
And yelled across the ocean to his evil throne

I said "Oh Wilson, someday I'll kill you 'til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye
Wilson, kill you 'til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye"

[Solo over "Landlady" changes]

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ICCULUS
Transcribed off of Junta Rerelease live
From:ROBINSON@UPS.EDU
(Background vocals were not transcribed-I think you can figure them out!)

...We already played that
We're going to lighten it up a bit
We're going to lighten it up a bit
This really isn't a stupid song
This is a special song
This is an important song
This is a dance song
This is.. THIS IS RED ROCKS...THIS IS THE EDGE!!!
No really this is a song about...
We want to get serious now that we have your attention
We want to talk about..
We want to talk about an important man (Diarrhea!-Mike)
Who could have an important effect
On everybody in this room's lives
If they were willing to take the chance
To let this person into their hearts and their views
Because this is a special man (Background OOOH's and AHH's begin here)
And this man wrote a great book
For this is the author of the Helping Friendly Book
The book that could change your life, the way it changed ours
And I hope that someday
That you, you people will all have the chance
To read the Helping Friendly Book
And experience the wisdom
Of the great and knowledgeable
Man who wrote the Helping Friendly Book
Because he is, the great and knowledgeable
He is the one, the only
Author of the Helping Friendly Book
HE is, the man, the great man, the only
the special
His name is...
The Author of the Helping Friendly Book
He is the great, the knowledgeable
The one, the only
The great and knowledgeable
Person who wrote the Helping Friendly Book
His name could only be
The one, the only
The only, the special, the Author of the Helping Friendly Book
HE WROTE THE PHUCKING BOOK OK!
HE WROTE THE BOOK
His name..
WAS..
ICCULUS!!!!!

[ this part is sung ]

Written by the great and knowledgeable Icculus
Ya! Our children are old enough
To read ICCULUS (or Ridicule us)

A cold and lonely night
Running the pace of her fright
Look at her face tonight!
(Starts to go into a jam, then stops abruptly)
Thanks!

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Colonel Forbin's Ascent Narrative
5-2-92 Chicago Ill
From: sirna@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Anthony Sirna)

Col Forbin's Ascent ->

Somewhere, far away from this building far away from all these
people far away from this city far away from this whole state,
this whole country, and the riots going on and everything. If
you'll just imagine yourself lifting off the ground right now with
us and the whole building just opening up, up above our heads and all
the people just slowly floating slowly lifting up off the ground
up into the air and up into the clouds until you can see the mountains
and the city down below. Going up a little higher and higher and
higher and higher and higher, your getting up higher, just floating,
floating up above the earth. Then you start going forward now you're
not just going up but you're going forward. The clouds are splitting slowly
behind you and you've got gray clouds on either side of you and then
they start
to split open and now there's nothing but blackness in front of you
and stars. And you're floating forward, your moving forward the whole group
of people are moving forward and you're floating through space and through
time. There moving through time and then you look down below you, you
start to see shapes taking form below you brown green shapes, and you feel
yourself dropping back down and you look below you and you see
this one shape over here is a mountain a huge mountain and as you
get closer it starts to look bigger and bigger and over on your left there's
a green patch its a huge forest floating off in the distance and on the
third side there's a green field that goes straight off into the
distance the other way. And you start to come down, and you're comin' down
and you look and you see the mountain and now the mountain is looming before
you, a huge mountain bigger than you've ever seen before. And as you
look you see on the side of the mountain you look closely and you see a tiny
speck and you realize this is not just a tiny speck...
This tiny speck is this tiny speck is Col. Forbin! Col Forbin is
climbing up the mountain and as we come down, on your left you see a
revolutionary's camp. And you start to realize that this is the
revolutionary camp. These people are trying to overthrow the evil
King Wilson. This whole area used to be a beautiful beautiful lush
natural area and the people used to live in peace and harmony with
nature but the evil King Wilson came and enslaved the people, he
stole their book the Helping Friendly Book and he hid it in the
highest tower of his castle. And right now Colonel Forbin seeing
the failure of the revolution is doing the last thing that he thinks is
possible. He's climbing up this huge mountain, way bigger than K2
or Everest this is the biggest mountain there's ever been in the
history of time and the entire universe. He's been climbing for
days weeks jagged cliffs climbing up rocks falling below he's starving hungry
but he needs to get to the top because he wants to find... the Great
and Knowledgeable... the great and knowledgeable one... (Icculus music starts)
He needs to find, hew needs to find this great man.
He's climbing the mountain to find a great man because this
great man changed his life and he changed
our life (ooooh oooh ooooh)) and this great man can change your
life.(oooh ooooh ) Someday I hope that you too will discover this
great man, because he wrote a great book (ooooh ooh ) This man wrote
the Helping Friendly Book, and this is the book and this is the
book that contained all the knowledge inherent in the universe. We
read this book, and we learned...the way to a better life. And I
hope, I hope deep down that someday, you all will read this great
book, and learn the way to a greater life.

WE SHOWED THIS BOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEIR LIVES HAVE CHANGED FOR
THE BETTER
WE SHOWED THIS BOOK TO COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON AND THE AQUARIUM RESCUE UNIT.
THEY USED TO BE A FEEBLE BLUEGRASS BAND UNTIL THEY READ THIS GREAT BOOK AND
NOW LOOK AT THEM THEY READ THE BOOK AND THAT'S WHY COLONEL FORBIN IS
LOOKING FOR THIS GREAT SPIRIT ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN CAUSE HE IS THE
GREAT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE, HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE HELPING FRIENDLY BOOK

YOU GOT TO READ THE HELPING FRIENDLY BOOK.

YOU GOT TO READ THE BOOK

YOUR LIVES WILL CHANGE

YOUR LIVES ARE NOTHING BUT A HUDDLE OF NO GOOD

YOU GOT TO READ THE BOOK!!!!!!!!

YOU GOTTA READ THE HELPING FRIENDLY BOOK!!!!!!!!!!

CAUSE IT'S WRITTEN BY THE GREAT, THE GREAT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE
THE GREAT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AUTHOR OF
THE HELPING FRIENDLY BOOK
THE GREAT
THE SPIRITUAL
THE INCREDIBLE
THE FANTASTIC
IT'S BY THE GREAT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE

ICCULUS!!!!!!!

WRITTEN BY THE GREAT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ICCULUS
YEA MY CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO READ ICCULUS
cold and lonely night
running the pace of her fright
Look at her face tonight

So Colonel Forbin is climbing up the mountain and he wants to get
back the helping Friendly Book and the Helping Friendly book is
right now being held by the evil king Wilson. If he can get the
Helping Friendly Book back everyone can live in peace and harmony
with nature forever. So Icculus comes out of the mountain and
looks down at the great Colonel Forbin and he says, "Colonel
Forbin I'm going to help you get the helping Friendly Book. I'm
going to call on my friend the famous Mockingbird." He's gonna
fly down out of the sky circle around and lands on Icculus's
shoulder and Icculus says "Famous Mockingbird, fly to the castle of
the evil King Wilson, steal the Helping Friendly Book and bring it
back to the people of Gamehendge so that they can live in peace and
harmony with nature forever." So here he comes now the Helping
Frie...Er.. the Famous Mockingbird.

-> Fly Famous Mockingbird

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COL. FORBIN RAP 5/17/92 Achilles Ice Rink, Union College
Transcribed by David "ZZYZX" Steinberg


I look out here in front of all you people, I see that you're all
standing on this rink. And when you walked in here, this rink had
cement underneath the floor, but as we played the first three
songs, unbeknownst to all you standing out there the ice has slowly
crept up, and right now you're standing on a huge sheet of ice.
And not only are you standing on this huge sheet of ice, but the
walls on the outside are slowly starting to disappear, this sheet
of ice goes off into infinity in every direction. And up above
you, there's nothing but black sky drifting off into space. And
down below you, through the clear ice, there's nothing but black
sky drifting. And this sheet of ice is just going through
infinity. And you're all standing on a little clump on the ice as
it stretches off as far as the eye can see in every direction.
And as we stand here, slowly from the back, the ice starts to lift
and tilt.

And we feel the ice tilting. And the plane is moving beneath your
feet. And you see a grid coming across the ice and the whole
plane starts to tilt. And you're trying to hang on but slowly
your feet start to slip. And the plane is tilting higher and
higher, the angle is getting higher. And you can't hang on, and
you start to slide. And you slide off the edge of the ice. And
you're going down. And your head's (??? can't understand next
three words), and all of a sudden, you shoot off the edge into the
void.

And you're just floating through the void now. And you see the ice
disappearing off into the distance. And now it's just black
stretching; you're surrendering to the void, Cloyde (?). And you
float through the, float through the blackness you start to see a
tiny speck,  materializing in the distance. And you realize that this
tiny speck, even though it's a tiny little speck, it's still got
some gravitational pull. And since that's the only thing in space
around you, you sloooowly start to drift towards it. And as you
drift toward it, it starts to get a little bit bigger. And it
turns into what looks like a tiny stone in the distance. And the
closer you get to it, you realize it's got more gravitational pull
than you thought. And you get closer and it starts to grow and
you realize it's actually a planet off in the distance, but
there's nothing around to reference it against so it just looks
like a tiny speck. But by this point you realize you really, it's
starting to get bigger fast.

You're going towards it. You're flying down. Suddenly you're
breaking into the atmosphere. You're burning through the (?). You
start to get hotter as the atmosphere is burning your body. You're
blazing down. You're blazing down. And suddenly the chute
opens...

And now you're floating down with a parachute. And you're floating
down, you don't know where you are, but you look down on the ground
and you see a huge forest, drifting out into the distance. And you
see a huge green field from the edge of the forest going off into
the other direction. And the center of it all, the hugest
mountain you've ever seen in your life. And you realize that...
you're... in
GAMEHENDGE.


And you float down, and slowly the mountain gets bigger and bigger
as you get down next to it. You look up at the mountain next to
you. It's a huge mountain and going up into the sky. Bigger than
anything you've ever seen before. And on the corner of the
mountain, you look closely and you see a tiny speck.

And the closer you look you realize, that that's no ordinary speck.

It's COLONEL FORBIN

Colonel Forbin is climbing up the mountain. No one's ever climbed
up the mountain before because it's so high. You need tanks of
oxygen. And Colonel Forbin's arms are grabbing roots, they're
grabbing roots, they're grabbing the ROOT DOC.

And they're pulling up, and it's getting higher and higher and you
know in your heart, that Colonel Forbin, the only reason he would
brave

climbing the huge mountain would be to find the great and knowledgeable
ICCULUS

And as he climbs up, you see the mountain start to quake and
vibrate, boulders tumbling down around Colonel Forbin's head, but
he knows he's got to make it, so he hangs on to roots, he's
hanging on to roots, he's hanging on to the Root Doc. And the
Root Doc pulls him up. And he's stands up on a little ledge. And
slowly, the mountain starts to take the shape of the face of the
great and knowledgeable Icculus.
And Colonel Forbin looks up at Icculus and he says, "Icculus. I've
climbed the mountain to find you because I need you. I need you to
help me get the HELPING FRIENDLY BOOK. Because the Helping
Friendly Book will bring peace and harmony

to all the Lizards people of Gamehendge who are now enslaved by the
evil KING WILSON who lives in that castle over there. And he's
taken the Helping Friendly Book from them and hidden it in his
castle. So can you please help me?"

And Icculus looks down on him and he says, "Colonel Forbin, I can
help you. I'm going to send for my friend, THE FAMOUS
MOCKINGBIRD." And the Famous Mockingbird comes flying out of the
sky, and lands on Icculus's shoulder. And Icculus says, "Famous
Mockingbird. Fly off into the distance to the castle of the evil
King Wilson. Steal the Helping Friendly Book back. Bring it to
the people of Gamehendge so they can live in peace and harmony
with nature." So here he comes now, The Famous Mockingbird..

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THE DIVIDED SKY
(Music and Lyrics - Trey Anastasio)

Ahhh!
Divided sky, the wind blows high

[The divided sky chant is part of an ancient ritual dating back to
the pre-Wilson years of purity in Gamehendge. After listening to
the sacred sounds for a sloping lawn, three chosen subjects eat a
special root collected at the base of the enormous mountain that
rises in the center of the forest. The root is believed to contain
the spirit of Icculus, who lives at the top of the mountain. After
eating the root, they venture into a vast field at sundown. The
field is deep green, and stretches as far as the eye can see in all
directions. In the center of the field stands an enormous black
rhombus. They climb the rhombus and begin to sing, paying
homage to the gods of the night sky.]

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LLAMA
words/music: Anastasio

Many years after the overthrow of Wilson, a rebel
soldier crouching high on a hilltop above the war torn
forests of Gamehendge spots a group of loyalists approaching
from their lakeside encampment below.
His trusty llama stands beside him, loaded down with a
canvas pack that holds two large bazooka type guns to the
animal's sides. Near the man sits a cache of blastoplast,
each capable of destroying the entire hillside in an instant...

Sunrise over the turquoise mountains
Messenger birds in sight
They came up through the valley
Both sides at a time
Through the cold steady rain
Raid!
I bend down
Poke a double decker on a llama
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Trigger a blastoplast, ramshackle laker recedes
I start to run
It was the loudest thing I'd ever heard
And I knew my time had come
To enter the delta

C Leave it on press [2x]
H Depress, Depress
O Llama, Taboot Taboot
R Leave it on press
U Depress, Depress
S Llama, Taboot Taboot

[Keys solo]
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus - 3x]
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Llama, Taboot Taboot
Taboot Taboot
Taboot Taboot
Taboot

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