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There are 817 instances of the directional word "to", in 193 Phish originals (76.6% of indexed originals).Phish sang it live first on 10/23/84 in Makisupa Policeman, and at least 78,680 times since.
See also Toward in Directions.
| 1st instance per song, in Context | Song Title | Position | First |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonna try to bust out (+1) | 555 | 21 of 150 | 10/31/13 |
| when you're ready to stay (+1) | 46 Days | 25 of 65 | 1/2/03 |
| Time to put your money (+1) | AC/DC Bag | 83 of 200 | 4/1/86 |
| and talk to your machine (+7) | Access Me | 34 of 148 | 6/26/04 |
| would be yours to pursue (+1) | All of these Dreams | 49 of 136 | 1/3/03 |
| My old lady turned to me (+6) | Alumni Blues | 86 of 298 | 3/16/85 |
| You now have to face that… (+4) | Amidst the Peals of Laughter | 33 of 221 | 10/31/13 |
| to someone who is meant to hear (+2) | Anything But Me | 15 of 172 | 1/4/03 |
| Begin to unfold (+3) | Army of One | 13 of 143 | 7/12/03 |
| ass handed to you every day | Ass Handed | 6 of 9 | 7/15/16 |
| and turned to face the furry thugs | Axilla | 118 of 153 | 11/19/92 |
| To pass the time from slip to fall (+3) | Axilla (Part II) | 95 of 122 | 4/16/94 |
| and I am in the hallway singing to the troubadours (+5) | Bathtub Gin | 18 of 183 | 5/26/89 |
| To map the borders of my heart (+6) | Beauty of a broken heart | 14 of 186 | 3/7/09 |
| what do I do? I try to kill you (+6) | Big Black Furry Creature From Mars | 13 of 221 | 8/21/87 |
| To sleep beside the stair | Billy Breathes | 48 of 52 | 9/27/95 |
| But like it or not something always seems to go wrong (+1) | Birds of a Feather | 17 of 146 | 4/2/98 |
| On the highway to the Bittersweet Motel (+1) | Bittersweet Motel | 56 of 97 | 7/21/98 |
| it was wrong to trust (+1) | Blaze On | 150 of 373 | 7/21/15 |
| The woman was a dream I had Though rather hard to keep | Bouncing Around The Room | 11 of 276 | 1/20/90 |
| Your string of beads did nothing to (+1) | Breath and Burning | 144 of 230 | 6/26/16 |
| To you is noise not pleasant sound (+2) | Brian and Robert | 27 of 94 | 6/30/98 |
| Hoping to lighten the tension (+1) | Buffalo Bill | 9 of 57 | 11/21/92 |
| Goin' downtown to the disco (+2) | Camel Walk | 3 of 71 | 11/3/84 |
| Can't always listen to what people say (+9) | Can't Always Listen | 4 of 151 | 12/30/15 |
| Words I formed to call you back (+1) | Can't Come Back | 17 of 92 | unperformed |
| I'd catapult downtown To see the galleries (+2) | Catapult | 4 of 67 | 4/17/92 |
| You'll want something to drink (+2) | Cavern | 22 of 283 | 3/28/90 |
| Not to educate somebody's fright | Chalk Dust Torture | 167 of 170 | 2/1/91 |
| to bide my time and take it slow (+3) | Character Zero | 7 of 61 | 6/6/96 |
| To a sea green mossy boulder (+14) | Colonel Forbin's Ascent | 58 of 385 | 3/12/88 |
| That takes you back to your abode (+3) | Contact | 27 of 111 | 6/15/88 |
| Give it to us loud and clear | Crowd Control | 130 of 139 | 11/28/03 |
| Buy another missile and damn the poor to hell (+1) | Dear Mrs. Reagan | 121 of 191 | 11/14/85 |
| To a less demanding place on your spine (+2) | Demand | 33 of 87 | 4/9/94 |
| He's got only one hope, and he wants to elope (+2) | Destiny Unbound | 55 of 330 | 9/14/90 |
| No more lies, to keep us from sleep (+7) | Devotion to a Dream | 12 of 244 | 10/31/13 |
| Take me to Scotland (+2) | The Dickie Scotland Song | 30 of 124 | 8/15/04 |
| Let's go out to dinner and see a movie (+3) | Dinner and a Movie | 4 of 36 | 11/19/87 |
| I won't lend another hand to the worm girl of Hanoi (+1) | Dog Faced Boy | 16 of 145 | 4/14/94 |
| A glass of milk next to my bed (+3) | Dogs Stole Things | 23 of 113 | 6/13/97 |
| Trying to stop these demons that keep dancing in my head (+7) | Down with Disease | 10 of 184 | 12/31/93 |
| Broke through the lies to find another fable (+9) | Dr. Gabel | 20 of 238 | 6/22/10 |
| He opens up my mouth when it's time for me to talk (+5) | Driver | 33 of 170 | 10/17/98 |
| And then peel off my socks if you want to. (+20) | Esther | 93 of 582 | 9/12/88 |
| You take it down, You've got to lay it down (+5) | Everything Is Hollow | 15 of 250 | 10/31/18 |
| Woke this morning to the stinging lash (+1) | Farmhouse | 92 of 139 | 11/16/97 |
| And I'd be happy just to watch you age | Fast Enough For You | 30 of 101 | 11/19/92 |
| And a bamboo cane to help her keep the pace (+7) | Fee | 54 of 373 | 8/9/87 |
| none of this was charged to me | Fikus | 67 of 76 | 7/2/98 |
| Fluff came to my door, Askin' me for change (+1) | Fluffhead | 23 of 64 | 12/1/84 |
| Meandering from sand to glass (+1) | Frankie Says | 71 of 187 | 4/2/98 |
| To keep my eye on you You always say | Friday | 9 of 161 | 1/4/03 |
| Going joyously to greet him expecting my deliverance (+5) | Friends | 28 of 158 | 6/29/16 |
| I went down to the guitar store and I got (+4) | Fuck Your Face | 4 of 129 | 4/29/87 |
| I'm a sailor's girl the best is yet to come (+1) | Fuego | 9 of 114 | 10/31/13 |
| the rains to pelt and round (+4) | Gaul Swerves and the Rest is Everything Else | 51 of 367 | 10/26/89 |
| that I once knew and talked to (+1) | Ghost | 18 of 108 | 6/13/97 |
| Just to check my status (+1) | Golgi Apparatus | 8 of 81 | 10/12/86 |
| I rowed upstream to find Lenore (+4) | Guelah Papyrus | 10 of 188 | 2/1/91 |
| There ain't no time to stash the gumbo (+2) | Gumbo | 64 of 164 | 9/28/90 |
| and manages to hypnotize me | Guyute | 73 of 103 | 10/7/94 |
| Hold the times that I brought to light (+11) | Halfway to the Moon | 30 of 185 | 6/19/10 |
| What is the central theme to this everlasting spoof (+10) | Halley's Comet | 45 of 277 | 5/17/86 |
| We're coming to your town | Harpua | 88 of 262 | 5/11/87 |
| His words were to | He Ent To The Bog | 13 of 69 | unperformed |
| I'm feeling like I used to belong (+5) | Home | 6 of 191 | 10/14/16 |
| Had a lot to learn (+3) | I Always Wanted It This Way | 10 of 122 | 10/15/16 |
| I didn't seem to miss you when you kiss'd my honey water (+3) | I Didn't Know | 44 of 352 | 11/18/87 |
| old enough to read Icculus | Icculus | 18 of 36 | 4/1/86 |
| Got to find a way to the person inside (+8) | Idea | 18 of 285 | 6/15/10 |
| Take me to another place she said (+2) | If I Could | 3 of 138 | 4/4/94 |
| And a little light could start to shine | If I Told You | 90 of 107 | unperformed |
| It happened to me at the water tower (+4) | In a Hole | 3 of 209 | 10/20/89 |
| The stars above begin to fade (+1) | In a Misty Glade | 11 of 76 | unperformed |
| I'm tied to him or him to me (+5) | It's Ice | 53 of 205 | 9/25/91 |
| You ought to know from long ago (+2) | Jennifer Dances | 30 of 173 | 12/5/99 |
| shimmering down to her toes (+12) | Joy | 15 of 281 | 6/7/09 |
| Danger I've been told to expect it (+1) | Julius | 5 of 213 | 4/4/94 |
| Never tell people what they're wanting to hear (+3) | Keeping It Real | 50 of 217 | 7/25/18 |
| I didn't plan to stop at the bar (+4) | Kill Devil Falls | 98 of 229 | 6/2/09 |
| someone's always telling me to breathe (+4) | Leaves | 5 of 140 | 7/14/17 |
| Let's go to Boston and scream at the plows (+2) | Let's Go | 82 of 183 | 7/1/16 |
| And asking you to help me make it (+7) | Lifeboy | 22 of 174 | 2/3/93 |
| I want to be alone (+6) | Limb by Limb | 19 of 230 | 6/13/97 |
| I start to run (+1) | Llama | 49 of 69 | 10/27/90 |
| No one can give it to us (+4) | Love is What We Are | 15 of 169 | 7/14/17 |
| Goin' down to Lushington | Lushington | 3 of 203 | 10/15/86 |
| Policeman came to my house (+1) | Makisupa Policeman | 6 of 20 | 10/23/84 |
| demanding to see the content (+1) | Mallory | 38 of 104 | 12/15/95 |
| Embarrassed with failure I try to reverse (+1) | Maze | 46 of 132 | 3/6/92 |
| to the shores of the Baltic-Sea (+2) | McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters | 6 of 155 | 4/6/85 |
| I'd jive and strive to stay alive | Meat | 74 of 136 | 7/2/98 |
| Reveal a thing you've tried to hide (+5) | Meatstick | 39 of 137 | 6/25/97 |
| I try to keep the home fires burning (+5) | Mercury | 37 of 340 | 7/22/15 |
| Oh tequila I turn to you (+3) | Mexican Cousin | 5 of 92 | 1/2/03 |
| I don't know what to do | Mike's Song | 9 of 84 | 3/16/85 |
| And the days turn to years | Miss You | 41 of 179 | 6/24/16 |
| a bone to pick | Mock Song | 58 of 112 | 7/12/03 |
| There was something more to do (+12) | More | 26 of 432 | 10/14/16 |
| He doesn't know to behold (+2) | Mound | 98 of 156 | 3/6/92 |
| Moves it closer to the flame | My Friend, My Friend | 113 of 155 | 3/6/92 |
| Try to keep things simple (+7) | My Problem Right There | 13 of 368 | 10/10/10 |
| count on me to take good care of You | My Sweet One | 97 of 158 | 9/9/89 |
| never to forget that | Never | 45 of 52 | 10/17/98 |
| Would you please make clear to me (+7) | NICU | 62 of 305 | 3/6/92 |
| And tell me to order those (+2) | No Dogs Allowed | 114 of 209 | 7/23/88 |
| Exposed to all the elements (+3) | No Men in No Man's Land | 125 of 193 | 7/21/15 |
| Ok, I need you to open up | NO2 | 20 of 142 | 6/25/94 |
| You never listen to me anyhow (+3) | Ocelot | 78 of 204 | 5/31/09 |
| I'm halfway fully nearly close to just beyond it (+1) | Pigtail | 6 of 220 | 12/28/10 |
| woke last night to the sound of the storm | Piper | 10 of 22 | 6/14/97 |
| I wanted to be you (+1) | Play by Play | 43 of 218 | 10/31/18 |
| has sure brought you to fame (+1) | Poor Heart | 56 of 202 | 8/4/88 |
| Where the people come to pray (+1) | Possum | 12 of 158 | 9/27/85 |
| Oh to be Prince Caspian (+11) | Prince Caspian | 2 of 102 | 6/8/95 |
| How was I to know that day (+9) | Punch You in the Eye | 38 of 316 | 8/17/89 |
| Reba tie a cable to a tree (+6) | Reba | 12 of 238 | 10/1/89 |
| It's time to leave (+1) | Rescue Squad | 3 of 74 | 12/31/19 |
| So much better I said to myself (+7) | Rift | 76 of 198 | 2/25/90 |
| We almost ran to help him (+2) | Rock a William | 228 of 334 | 2/13/97 |
| I can't forget to turn the earth | Roggae | 57 of 105 | 6/30/98 |
| Put me in a box I know I'm never going to play (+6) | Round Room | 62 of 206 | 1/2/03 |
| Been you to have any spike mon (+1) | Run Like an Antelope | 8 of 44 | 4/6/85 |
| That's a hundred nineteen to you and me (+1) | Runaway Jim | 113 of 157 | 3/28/90 |
| Seems to lift me from my bed | Running Out of Time | 49 of 182 | 10/19/16 |
| you helped me to my car (+1) | Sample in a Jar | 73 of 158 | 2/4/93 |
| but I don't need a place to hide (+1) | Sanity | 93 of 236 | 10/15/86 |
| She has silver silk shimmering down to her toes (+12) | Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. | 15 of 281 | 10/31/18 |
| Tongue tied I can hardly get myself to (+4) | Say Something | 30 of 256 | 7/27/13 |
| And it saddened her to feel it burn | Scent of a Mule | 133 of 294 | 4/4/94 |
| If you would only start to live (+2) | Scents and Subtle Sounds | 6 of 190 | 7/7/03 |
| You love to run wild and let the mane flow | Shade | 44 of 211 | 7/21/15 |
| I'm witness to your every crime (+4) | Shrine | 15 of 118 | unperformed |
| If you are here with me I trust you to lead the way (+7) | Silent in the Morning | 28 of 188 | 3/7/92 |
| Slave to the traffic light | Slave to the traffic light | 2 of 18 | 12/1/84 |
| To reconstruct this image lost (+2) | Sleep | 27 of 80 | 10/17/98 |
| And take it on down to the shore | Sleeping Monkey | 35 of 106 | 3/6/92 |
| You shudder as it comes to pass (+1) | Sparkle | 27 of 109 | 9/25/91 |
| Run the wide load to the lip (+4) | Split Open and Melt | 19 of 130 | 2/17/89 |
| You can't lie to yourself, very long (+8) | Spock's Brain | 7 of 232 | 5/16/95 |
| to restore your flag in love (+1) | Spread it 'Round | 31 of 129 | 7/15/03 |
| To grow with them spindles the mutant I seize (+3) | Stash | 40 of 117 | 9/13/90 |
| Got clouds that seem to follow me (+1) | Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan | 23 of 89 | 6/2/09 |
| watching wolves you seem to know (+5) | Steam | 63 of 280 | 6/4/11 |
| I'm needing to hit the lights and close the door | Strange Design | 8 of 180 | 5/16/95 |
| Punching me down, I'm going to chase you down (+2) | Stray Dog | 23 of 175 | 10/31/18 |
| Standing on the edge of a cliff, I start to slip (+7) | Sugar Shack | 10 of 180 | 6/7/09 |
| In that dress you used to wear (+4) | Summer of '89 | 37 of 248 | 6/18/10 |
| Soon to let me drown (+5) | Suzy Greenberg | 10 of 268 | 2/13/87 |
| I don't want you to live with me (+2) | Taste | 18 of 199 | 6/7/95 |
| But I don't want you to live with me (+2) | Taste That Surrounds | 18 of 209 | 10/24/95 |
| And she comes to me in this lonely land (+5) | Tela | 38 of 279 | 3/12/88 |
| We love to see him, We love per diem (+1) | The Dickie Scotland Song 1 | 29 of 406 | unperformed |
| Try to cover up | The Final Hurrah | 23 of 311 | 10/31/18 |
| led me straight to the ground (+2) | The Fog That Surrounds | 65 of 161 | 9/27/95 |
| And you step to the line (+8) | The Line | 62 of 179 | 10/31/13 |
| He was on his way to see the king (+7) | The Lizards | 24 of 525 | 1/27/88 |
| Spasm waiter dropping to his knees sees (+1) | The Mango Song | 16 of 113 | 3/30/89 |
| There's going to be a shortage this year | The Practical Song | 14 of 34 | 9/12/88 |
| Tried yesterday to get away (+8) | The Squirming Coil | 13 of 145 | 1/20/90 |
| I live upon morsels you happen to drop (+5) | Theme from the Bottom | 17 of 160 | 5/16/95 |
| I had to get away, I was losing my interest (+1) | Things People Do | 46 of 216 | 6/28/16 |
| and freed me to move to stir from my stone (+8) | Thread | 52 of 260 | 7/16/17 |
| You don't have to be alone (+6) | Tide Turns | 26 of 213 | 6/29/16 |
| In this place we learn to wait | Tomorrow's Song | 11 of 12 | 11/27/09 |
| To review the coulds before we were born (+5) | Train Song | 11 of 203 | 7/21/96 |
| but rather give myself to science (+4) | Tube | 51 of 234 | 9/13/90 |
| I want to live another day | Turtle in the Clouds | 43 of 196 | 10/31/18 |
| I stick with the others to the skin of the stone (+2) | Twenty Years Later | 144 of 297 | 6/5/09 |
| One less minute to wait (+3) | Two Versions of Me | 45 of 95 | 7/12/03 |
| like a razor to the throat (+3) | Vultures | 8 of 210 | 6/13/97 |
| Mailed it off to your address (+3) | Wading in the Velvet Sea | 17 of 127 | 6/13/97 |
| Just have to wait for a second (+2) | Wait | 3 of 110 | 10/31/91 |
| waiting for you to come home | Waiting all Night | 9 of 95 | 10/31/13 |
| Time to go, You won't leave (+1) | Waking Up | 10 of 50 | 6/14/97 |
| End to end it sucks itself (+1) | Waking up Dead | 99 of 206 | 6/29/16 |
| We went up to that mountain in Stowe (+7) | Walfredo | 37 of 317 | 2/13/97 |
| to read the words that I engrave (+1) | Walls of the Cave | 28 of 180 | 12/31/02 |
| don't want to be an actor pretending (+10) | Waste | 3 of 134 | 6/6/96 |
| Listen as she speaks to you (+1) | Water in the Sky | 5 of 76 | 6/13/97 |
| The waves that bring her words to me (+1) | Waves | 13 of 105 | 12/31/02 |
| To future to the past thing (+10) | We Are Come To Outlive Our Brains | 3 of 223 | 10/31/18 |
| Trying to make a woman that you move | Weekapaug Groove | 2 of 15 | 7/23/88 |
| I'd like to cut your head off so I could weigh it (+6) | Weigh | 3 of 162 | 3/7/92 |
| I thought you might be driving back to me (+1) | What Things Seem | 28 of 194 | 10/11/10 |
| I talked to Mike Christian Rog and Pete the same | Wilson | 76 of 145 | 10/12/86 |
| its to the depths I only find below (+8) | Windy City | 7 of 158 | 8/11/09 |
| You're pushed up to the edge (+5) | Wingsuit | 76 of 146 | 10/31/13 |
| That's when I handed it to Liz (+1) | Wolfman's Brother | 48 of 137 | 4/4/94 |
| Had to have that (+12) | Wombat | 2 of 265 | 10/31/13 |
| Thought I could get you to come to Yarmouth Road (+14) | Yarmouth Road | 51 of 282 | 7/5/13 |
| Wash Uffizi, Drive me to Firenze | You Enjoy Myself | 9 of 10 | 2/3/86 |
| Tried to get away but they just kept comin' (+4) | You Never Know | 16 of 227 | 10/31/13 |
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