![]() Billy Breathes (1996) [ larger cover art ] |
Don't want to be an actor pretending on the stage
Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on the page
Don't want to be a painter 'cause everyone comes to look
Don't want to be anything where my life's an open book
A dream it's true
But I'd see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time with you
Don't want to be a farmer working in the sun
Don't want to be an outlaw always on the run
Don't want to be a climber reaching for the top
Don't want to be anything where I don't know when to stop
A dream it's true
But I'd see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time with you
So if I'm inside your head
Don't believe what you might have read
You'll see what I might have said
To hear it
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Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
So if I'm inside your head
Don't believe what you might have read
You'll see what I might have said
To hear it
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
| ch83575 | Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:58 This guy sounds lazy. |
| cShaggy | Posted: Mar 31, 2013 - 04:39 lily34 wrote: album cover gives me the creeps. ..it's a phishbowl view.. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 13:24 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:57 (former member) wrote: bingo by jingo... love this song... Hope you are listening and enjoying "former member" |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:57 This is that rarity of Phish tunes for me that holds up lyrically. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:56 (former member) wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... "former member"??????? I guess not everyone in your room likes it. What gives? |
| lily34 (GTFO) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:56 album cover gives me the creeps. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 20:20 bingo by jingo... love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 22:29 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:18 xenothaulus wrote: GAH. Give me the Dave Matthew's version, please. Don't know which came first, but this is awful. Both versions are excellent. The Dave Matthews vesion was on a Phish tribute album, so I guess Phish was first. |
| claya (Boerne Texas) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:17 I tend to like a lot of what Phish does....but this is just poor. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:17 apt title: fish waste. . . |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:17 ![]() |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:16 Most Excellent! |
| SteveH | Posted: May 20, 2012 - 15:58 Guess this is one of those love/hate songs. Love for me. |
| jen3005545 (Fort Worth, TX) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 11:27 I like the lyrics. |
| Groogrux69 (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 11:27 Love this song. I like Dave Matthews version from "Sharin' in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish" even better. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 11:24 instant mute |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 16:47 absolutely awesome... love it... |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 10, 2011 - 05:12 Bits of this track sound really cool to me and some others shit me right up - what the hell do you rate a song like that? Plus the voice sort of sounded to me like a watered down Willy Mason and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. I rate this ? - Confusing. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 20:31 This song is excellent... love it... |
| bachbeet | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 20:30 Not liking this song. |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 14:26 Love this! Phish's best disc! |
| Pyro | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 14:25 this reminds me of something from "Rough Mix" (Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane) very nice! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 03:18 xenothaulus wrote: GAH. Give me the Dave Matthew's version, please. Don't know which came first, but this is awful. Yes, except you are completely wrong. This is a good song, DMB sucks. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 21:06 love it... |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 13:19 aptly titled. . . |
| xenothaulus (NEPA) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 13:15 GAH. Give me the Dave Matthew's version, please. Don't know which came first, but this is awful. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 13:15 I do not enjoy many Phish songs, but this one is GREAT! |
| BigIslandBlues | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 13:25 Bill, we need to do more Phishing. |
| greentini (Central Coast, CA) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 20:22 sirdroseph wrote: This is one of the few good Phish tunes, it actually sounds more like Trey Anastasio's solo stuff which is actually much better than Phish IMO. Exactly what I was thinking. I normally hate Phish but I thought the vocal track was attractive and sounded a tad like Tom Petty. Like it. |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 12:54 This is one of the few good Phish tunes, it actually sounds more like Trey Anastasio's solo stuff which is actually much better than Phish IMO. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jan 17, 2010 - 12:47 Not to bad for Phish Waste... I like |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Sep 13, 2009 - 16:50 What a wonderful, romantic, sentiment in our frenetic world. 8 |
| chocodog (Hamburg, Germany) | Posted: Aug 13, 2009 - 05:02 wrangler wrote: a phish song that actually has normal, sensical lyrics that don't sound like they were written by a tiny child or a monkey on acid. therefore, a phish song i actually can stand. but, but ... monkeys on acid write great songs. don't know what you're on about. |
| HonduranRed (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 00:32 awwww.....yay! |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 11:00 musikalia wrote: Clearly you haven't seen them play live. This 'you have to see them play live' defense is used to justify a lot of bad output by marginal bands and artists. They could be the best live band ever but still suck in a studio. Unfortunately,the overwhelming majority of what we hear outside of those live venues is necessarily recorded. Some bands can transcend that barrier but Phish is not one of them. There are others who sound great in the studio but suck live. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 10:56 Vandy005 wrote: ps. What the hell is an elephant ear?? Fried dough, a la breakfast pastry, served at the bland suburbanfests I mentioned earlier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_dough |
| azdcryan (Sunny Arizona) | Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 10:55 I gotta say...every time I hear this song it makes more of an impact. It's simple and beautiful and honest...with all it's flaws out there in the open. Just like life. It works for me. |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 10:53 a phish song that actually has normal, sensical lyrics that don't sound like they were written by a tiny child or a monkey on acid. therefore, a phish song i actually can stand. |
| leathepea (Hickory, NC) | Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 10:52 stkman wrote: never was a Phish head, honestly I have been a hermit out in the country for years and am hearing alot of old stuff thanks to RP for first time, knew about Phish but never saw them, this song doesn't make me wanna clamp my hands over my ears or go puke, I kinda liked it, as with alot of other groups I will listen to more of thanks to RP Phish is one of those bands that, if you like jam band music, will grow on you over time. Kind of like a fungus. |
| samrex (Brookline, MA) | Posted: Feb 04, 2009 - 08:54 A pretty good song, from a very good album with a horrible cover photo. |
| stkman (Texas) | Posted: Jan 03, 2009 - 17:34 never was a Phish head, honestly I have been a hermit out in the country for years and am hearing alot of old stuff thanks to RP for first time, knew about Phish but never saw them, this song doesn't make me wanna clamp my hands over my ears or go puke, I kinda liked it, as with alot of other groups I will listen to more of thanks to RP |
| jhorton | Posted: Jan 03, 2009 - 17:24 Blech! |
| Vandy005 (dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach) | Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 06:09 RadioDoc wrote: Let's hope not. This is one of the few Phish songs that doesn't sound like they should be playing at some faceless "suburbanfest" in front of a couple hundred soccer moms and their overweight spawn eating corn on the cob, elephant ears and funnel cakes awaiting the fireworks. 6 This is exactly my gripe against them... no pain, no soul.... sorta like the dead, but no real experience to back up the lyrics. ps. What the hell is an elephant ear?? |
| kraymer_71 | Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 05:49 Sublime! One of my favorites from an amazing album! |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 05:47 RadioDoc wrote: This is one of the few Phish songs that doesn't sound like they should be playing at some faceless "suburbanfest" in front of a couple hundred soccer moms and their overweight spawn eating corn on the cob, elephant ears and funnel cakes awaiting the fireworks. Clearly you haven't seen them play live. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 15:56 ![]() |
| Rafter101 | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 15:51 Ahh, the memories this song brings back. Chico State, living in an overcrowded house, south of downtown. Roommates are asleep, party's over, and I'm hoping that the combination of beer and dope will allow me to fall in love with the girl seated next to me. Mmmm. |
| alux (atop the pyramid) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 15:51 Y'all haters need an attitude adjustment. This is a lovely little song. |


