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There are 322 instances of the directional word "on", in 133 Phish originals (52.8% of indexed originals).Phish sang it live first on 11/3/84 in Camel Walk, and at least 27,470 times since.
| 1st instance per song, in Context | Song Title | Position | First |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skidding on switchbacks (+1) | 555 | 14 of 150 | 10/31/13 |
| Let's get this show on the road | AC/DC Bag | 130 of 200 | 4/1/86 |
| on the way that I should be | Access Me | 75 of 148 | 6/26/04 |
| on the mountain nearby (+1) | All of these Dreams | 5 of 136 | 1/3/03 |
| There's a policeman on the lawn (+1) | Alumni Blues | 176 of 298 | 3/16/85 |
| three days late on a task | Amidst the Peals of Laughter | 65 of 221 | 10/31/13 |
| Sometimes on a rainy day (+1) | Anything But Me | 23 of 172 | 1/4/03 |
| Winter is on (+2) | Army of One | 29 of 143 | 7/12/03 |
| That's why I always leave it layin' out on the floor | Axilla (Part II) | 77 of 122 | 4/16/94 |
| Wendy's on the windowsill waiting to be let in | Bathtub Gin | 107 of 183 | 5/26/89 |
| And hinges on a broken heart | Beauty of a broken heart | 97 of 186 | 3/7/09 |
| They hang on emotions they bottle inside | Birds of a Feather | 131 of 146 | 4/2/98 |
| On the highway to the Bittersweet Motel (+1) | Bittersweet Motel | 53 of 97 | 7/21/98 |
| Climb that hill, stay on your feet (+22) | Blaze On | 5 of 373 | 7/21/15 |
| And as sinners plead on bended knee (+1) | Breath and Burning | 78 of 230 | 6/26/16 |
| And you'd be lost on the playground | Brian and Robert | 38 of 94 | 6/30/98 |
| walked on alone | Buffalo Bill | 35 of 57 | 11/21/92 |
| Guff-on groovin' around | Camel Walk | 32 of 71 | 11/3/84 |
| Watch my dog bark at his own shadow on the ground (+2) | Can't Always Listen | 85 of 151 | 12/30/15 |
| The walrus on your face | Carini | 51 of 144 | 2/17/97 |
| Cause I soak on the wrath (+1) | Chalk Dust Torture | 54 of 170 | 2/1/91 |
| That glistened on his brow (+1) | Colonel Forbin's Ascent | 17 of 385 | 3/12/88 |
| The tires are the things on your car (+2) | Contact | 6 of 111 | 6/15/88 |
| But the fools stay on the hill (+1) | Crowd Control | 99 of 139 | 11/28/03 |
| when you'll rely on the layer of fat (+1) | Demand | 17 of 87 | 4/9/94 |
| Highway Bill's on the rotary still (+3) | Destiny Unbound | 3 of 330 | 9/14/90 |
| A thousand barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn, (+4) | Down with Disease | 33 of 184 | 12/31/93 |
| Laid my cards down on the table (+1) | Dr. Gabel | 13 of 238 | 6/22/10 |
| But sometimes it seems that he's got too much on his plate (+1) | Driver | 82 of 170 | 10/17/98 |
| And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb (+4) | Esther | 54 of 582 | 9/12/88 |
| On the rugged trail toward the balcony (+4) | Fee | 9 of 373 | 8/9/87 |
| To keep my eye on you You always say | Friday | 13 of 161 | 1/4/03 |
| We're on a big boat Like the ones our forefathers sailed | Friends | 138 of 158 | 6/29/16 |
| you walk on down the hall (+1) | Gaul Swerves and the Rest is Everything Else | 266 of 367 | 10/26/89 |
| on the ocean of Osyrus (+2) | Guelah Papyrus | 57 of 188 | 2/1/91 |
| In the hot sand I ran on my feet (+2) | Gumbo | 90 of 164 | 9/28/90 |
| Who walked on me and danced a jig | Guyute | 8 of 103 | 10/7/94 |
| Holdin' on to the thoughts I have I know | Halfway to the Moon | 151 of 185 | 6/19/10 |
| Knock on my windows link up the chain (+1) | Halley's Comet | 50 of 277 | 5/17/86 |
| bun with dots on it | He Ent To The Bog | 26 of 69 | unperformed |
| On horses that learned to fly | Home | 33 of 191 | 10/14/16 |
| on all the buildings in town | Horn | 16 of 64 | 5/24/90 |
| And the town threw down on me (+2) | I Been Around | 20 of 67 | 8/16/09 |
| On chairs stacked up to your room (+1) | Idea | 145 of 285 | 6/15/10 |
| Float me on a silver cloud | If I Could | 21 of 138 | 4/4/94 |
| If I don't put them back on the shelves (+1) | If I Told You | 25 of 107 | unperformed |
| I was on my way home on a misty night (+4) | In a Hole | 11 of 209 | 10/20/89 |
| Walking on New York City cobblestones | Infinite | 12 of 174 | 7/21/18 |
| I press on the elastic sheet (+3) | It's Ice | 3 of 205 | 9/25/91 |
| And you'll be standing on a landing | Jennifer Dances | 60 of 173 | 12/5/99 |
| I came out on top by the luck of the draw (+5) | Julius | 102 of 213 | 4/4/94 |
| Then I'm a gonna fall back on pretension (+1) | Keeping It Real | 92 of 217 | 7/25/18 |
| Turned on some music and then the tv | Kill Devil Falls | 31 of 229 | 6/2/09 |
| Stand up on your heels and call | Kung | 53 of 66 | 10/31/89 |
| Outside on my lawn | Lawn Boy | 27 of 51 | 11/30/89 |
| the music stops and echoes linger on (+1) | Leaves | 35 of 140 | 7/14/17 |
| Come on now let's go woah (+3) | Let's Go | 11 of 183 | 7/1/16 |
| Swinging on the lifeline (+1) | Lifeboy | 2 of 174 | 2/3/93 |
| The shoulder that I leaned on | Limb by Limb | 6 of 230 | 6/13/97 |
| Poke a double decker on a llama, Taboot | Llama | 34 of 69 | 10/27/90 |
| We don't get high on it (+1) | Love is What We Are | 32 of 169 | 7/14/17 |
| RayBans on my nose (+2) | Lushington | 6 of 203 | 10/15/86 |
| And I take a wrong turn and I'm on the wrong path | Maze | 28 of 132 | 3/6/92 |
| We lie on frozen wart hogs with its poison in our minds | McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters | 73 of 155 | 4/6/85 |
| living on my street (+1) | Meat | 67 of 136 | 7/2/98 |
| I try to hold on (+2) | Mercury | 96 of 340 | 7/22/15 |
| My life keeps on changing (+1) | Miss You | 16 of 179 | 6/24/16 |
| will you dance on grave | Mock Song | 67 of 112 | 7/12/03 |
| Walked on coal and slept on glass (+2) | More | 63 of 432 | 10/14/16 |
| count on me to take good care of You | My Sweet One | 95 of 158 | 9/9/89 |
| keeps me on the ground remembering | Never | 40 of 52 | 10/17/98 |
| Back on those days when my life was a haze (+2) | NICU | 85 of 305 | 3/6/92 |
| And be on your way (+2) | No Dogs Allowed | 21 of 209 | 7/23/88 |
| We stand on a rock | No Men in No Man's Land | 22 of 193 | 7/21/15 |
| Don't fall asleep on me (+2) | NO2 | 81 of 142 | 6/25/94 |
| and noon slouches on (+3) | Ocelot | 13 of 204 | 5/31/09 |
| go on an oblivious fool | Olivia's Pool | 64 of 67 | 6/13/97 |
| Spent three long months on the open seas (+3) | Punch You in the Eye | 14 of 316 | 8/17/89 |
| cheetah on the prowl in a cage | Reba | 75 of 238 | 10/1/89 |
| in a cabin on a hill (+2) | Rock a William | 59 of 334 | 2/13/97 |
| When I go outside it's on a spiral set of stairs (+1) | Round Room | 20 of 206 | 1/2/03 |
| But there's a red mark on my shoulder | Running Out of Time | 166 of 182 | 10/19/16 |
| Up on Leemor's bed (+1) | Sample in a Jar | 61 of 158 | 2/4/93 |
| gotta say it on the radio (+3) | Say Something | 42 of 256 | 7/27/13 |
| Kitty Malone sat on a mule (+2) | Scent of a Mule | 4 of 294 | 4/4/94 |
| a box on a dead-end street | Shade | 9 of 211 | 7/21/15 |
| But you'll just go on an oblivious fool | Shafty | 64 of 67 | 4/5/98 |
| It's dawning on me how it starts (+1) | Sing Monica | 33 of 212 | 10/31/13 |
| And take it on down to the shore (+5) | Sleeping Monkey | 33 of 106 | 3/6/92 |
| It glitters on her like a glass | Sparkle | 17 of 109 | 9/25/91 |
| feet are back on the ground | Splinters of Hail | 18 of 75 | unperformed |
| I wake up on my stomach | Split Open and Melt | 44 of 130 | 2/17/89 |
| The plane, You didn't pay me for the plane on time (+8) | Spock's Brain | 30 of 232 | 5/16/95 |
| on a spinning stone | Spread it 'Round | 79 of 129 | 7/15/03 |
| I brush past a garden dependent on whales (+1) | Stash | 14 of 117 | 9/13/90 |
| Got strange demands piled up on me | Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan | 31 of 89 | 6/2/09 |
| and you're walking on the ledge (+1) | Steam | 22 of 280 | 6/4/11 |
| Can I bring a few companions on this ride (+2) | Strange Design | 65 of 180 | 5/16/95 |
| Standing on the edge of a cliff, I start to slip (+1) | Sugar Shack | 2 of 180 | 6/7/09 |
| Brazilian music on the stereo (+2) | Summer of '89 | 54 of 248 | 6/18/10 |
| Down on myself again | Taste That Surrounds | 65 of 209 | 10/24/95 |
| on which she rides like the wind (+1) | Tela | 50 of 279 | 3/12/88 |
| Thesba called me on the phone (+1) | The Birdwatcher | 12 of 218 | 12/28/10 |
| Sitting on the jungle gym | The Final Hurrah | 6 of 311 | 10/31/18 |
| Down on myself again | The Fog That Surrounds | 2 of 161 | 9/27/95 |
| Friends were electric on the western side (+1) | The Line | 32 of 179 | 10/31/13 |
| He was on his way to see the king (+1) | The Lizards | 21 of 525 | 1/27/88 |
| Slander on wrap paper ties | The Mango Song | 21 of 113 | 3/30/89 |
| You'd better stock up on peanut butter | The Practical Song | 5 of 34 | 9/12/88 |
| I saw Satan on the beach (+1) | The Squirming Coil | 24 of 145 | 1/20/90 |
| We're bobbing on the surface | The Wedge | 3 of 156 | 2/3/93 |
| On the way upwards the colors come back (+3) | Theme from the Bottom | 38 of 160 | 5/16/95 |
| I felt it pull on something inside (+4) | Thread | 38 of 260 | 7/16/17 |
| So we stayed on the train admiring the time (+1) | Train Song | 56 of 203 | 7/21/96 |
| to knock on the lavatory door (+3) | Tube | 98 of 234 | 9/13/90 |
| Friends are dancing on the hillside | Turtle in the Clouds | 30 of 196 | 10/31/18 |
| One more name on the slate | Two Versions of Me | 39 of 95 | 7/12/03 |
| Wait, wait, wait, wait, Hang on, Wait, Wait… | Wait | 67 of 110 | 10/31/91 |
| But I'm holding on (+2) | Waiting all Night | 56 of 95 | 10/31/13 |
| Woke up on the wrong side, Atrophied throughout | Waking up Dead | 3 of 206 | 6/29/16 |
| Stood on the field next to Davie (+2) | Walfredo | 133 of 317 | 2/13/97 |
| on the walls of the cave (+4) | Walls of the Cave | 38 of 180 | 12/31/02 |
| an actor pretending on the stage (+2) | Waste | 8 of 134 | 6/6/96 |
| Instead I'm stranded on my knees (+1) | Waves | 57 of 105 | 12/31/02 |
| Why weigh on a sunny day (+3) | Weigh | 89 of 162 | 3/7/92 |
| It seems I can't rely on what I see (+2) | What Things Seem | 35 of 194 | 10/11/10 |
| Wilson King of Prussia I lay this hate on you (+2) | Wilson | 24 of 145 | 10/12/86 |
| the sound on my TV (+1) | Windy City | 63 of 158 | 8/11/09 |
| so put your wingsuit on (+3) | Wingsuit | 83 of 146 | 10/31/13 |
| Came down on me (+5) | Wolfman's Brother | 36 of 137 | 4/4/94 |
| If you're moving on (+5) | Wombat | 38 of 265 | 10/31/13 |
| All I ever wanted you to do was to come on home (+3) | Yarmouth Road | 75 of 282 | 7/5/13 |
| It's on the way, you never know (+4) | You Never Know | 2 of 227 | 10/31/13 |
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