Chalk Dust Torture

Ernest Anastasio, Tom Marshall

Come stumble my mirth beaten worker
I'm Jezmund the family berzerker
I'm bought for the price of a flagon of rice
The wind buffs the cabin
You speak of your life
Or more willingly Locust the Lurker

Confuse what you can of the ending
And revise your despise so impending
'Cause I soak on the wrath
That you didn't quite mask
I'm getting it clearly through alternate paths
Or mixed in with the signal you're sending

But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned
As I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned
And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
Can't I live while I'm young?

But no peace for Jezmund tonight
I plug the distress tube up tight
And watch what I say as it flutters away
And all this emotion is kept harmless at bay
Not to educate somebody's fright

So who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned
I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned
The torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
Can't this wait 'til I'm old? Can't I live while I'm young?
Can't I live while I'm young?

But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned
I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned
The torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue
Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun
All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone
Can't this wait 'til I'm old? Can't I live while I'm young?
Can't I live while I'm young?
Can't I live while I'm young?
Can't I live while I'm young?

Trivia about the song Chalk Dust Torture by Phish

On which albums was the song “Chalk Dust Torture” released by Phish?
Phish released the song on the albums “A Picture of Nectar” in 1992, “A Live One” in 1995, “Live Phish, Vol. 6 11/27/98 (The Centrum, Worcester, MA)” in 2001, “Live Phish, Vol. 2 7/16/94 (Sugarbush Summerstage, North Fayston, VT)” in 2001, “Live Phish Volume 06” in 2001, “Live Phish Volume 02” in 2001, “Live Phish, Vol. 7 8/14/93 (World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL)” in 2002, “Live Phish, Vol. 8 7/10/99 (E Centre, Camden, NJ)” in 2002, “Live Phish, Vol. 16 10/31/98 (Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV)” in 2002, “Live Phish Volume 16” in 2002, “Live Phish Volume 08” in 2002, “Live Phish Volume 07” in 2002, “Live Phish, Vol. 17 7/15/98 (Portland Meadows, Portland, OR)” in 2003, “Live Phish Volume 17” in 2003, “Live Phish 05.08.93” in 2003, “Live at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve 1995” in 2005, “Live Phish 04.02.98” in 2005, “Live Phish 11/14/95” in 2007, “Live Phish 12.01.95” in 2007, “Live Phish 11.14.95” in 2007, “Live Phish 10.21.95” in 2007, “At the Roxy (Atlanta '93)” in 2008, “Live Phish 05/08/93” in 2008, “Live Phish 12.30.97” in 2008, “Hampton/Winston - Salem '97” in 2011, “Live Phish: 10/30/10, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ” in 2011, “Live Phish Downloads 08.13.10” in 2011, “Live Phish Downloads 08.06.10” in 2011, “Chicago '94” in 2012, “Ventura” in 2013, “9/14/99 Boise State University Pavilion, Boise, ID” in 2016, “12/30/15 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY” in 2016, “11/07/96 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY” in 2016, “The Baker’s Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden” in 2018, and “The Clifford Ball” in 2022.
Who composed the song “Chalk Dust Torture” by Phish?
The song “Chalk Dust Torture” by Phish was composed by Ernest Anastasio, Tom Marshall.

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