Regarding song choice and/or placement of Ride Captain Ride and Twenty Years Later...

I like many think that I have this uncanny ability to call songs. Most of the time I'm wrong. Bummer.

Anyways, during Ride Captain Ride I swore I heard Page really emphasize part of this line... "Be aMAZEd at the friends you have here on your trip." Before the song ended I leaned into my buddies and confidently whispered "Maze." My buddy signals me back over. "Bowie" he says. Ironic. Cue the high-hat...

Fast-forwarded a bit....

Twenty Years Later - when I first heard the song my first thought was "WOW - what a god awful chorus this song has." Twenty Years Later I will still think that this song has one of the worst choruses that Phish ever put out. BUT, the rest of the song is killer in my opinion. I love the sound of the verses and the outro is just out of this world good. It's Gov't Mule all the way. I love it. Change the chorus and this is a BAD ASS Phish tune.

The reason I bring up placement again though is because of the line that gave up The Lizards..
"I stop for a stranger just to give him a lift
I cling like a lizard to the side of the cliff"

Low and behold I leaned in just as the tune wound down. "Here's your Lizards".

I felt good about myself. Got some high fives. Kissed my girlfriend. Realized that I was getting my 2nd Lizards in 55 shows while my baby is getting Lizards in their 2nd show (in utero).

The insignificance of all of this is astoundingly awesome.