The Sloth

Trey Anastasio

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 your 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'

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.

Trivia about the song The Sloth by Phish

On which albums was the song “The Sloth” released by Phish?
Phish released the song on the albums “The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday” in 1987, “Live Phish 04.02.98” in 2005, “At the Roxy” in 2008, “Live at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre” in 2010, “Live Phish: 10/26/10 Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH” in 2011, “Star Lake ’98” in 2012, “8/7/93 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY” in 2014, and “9/14/99 Boise State University Pavilion, Boise, ID” in 2016.
Who composed the song “The Sloth” by Phish?
The song “The Sloth” by Phish was composed by Trey Anastasio.

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