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The Fish Song

from Fish from the Sky by E.G. Phillips

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about

Basically a Swiftian (Jonathan, not Taylor) response to the sort of useless advice you tend to get from people who are in relationships when you are not in one.

During live performances, I tend to clarify that it's "fish" with an "F" but this largely because I perform in in places like the Lower Haight.

lyrics

They'll try ‘n cram platitudes in a man
Just jam 'em in — he's a tuna can
Like "There are many fish in the sea" ‘n
”God has touched each grain of sand"

Well, it sounds to me like someone has
Too much time on His hands
And I don't want to have to spend
All my life as a fisherman


If I catch a fish, should I
Draw her from her waters?
Watch her flop about my deck,
Before I cut and gut her?

Cook her up in olive oil
And serve her up for supper?
And once I have consumed her,
I should have to catch another?


Soon the seas shall be empty
For all men will go fishing
Until appetites are satisfied
And that's just wishful thinking

They're polluting all our rivers
With their lines and constant angling
They'll cast a net around the world
That's as choking as entangling


If you feed a man a fish,
You'll fill his belly for a night
But if you teach a man to fish,
He's famished but he's occupied

Me, I’m so sick of baiting hooks
With fancy lures and worms and flies
I'd rather sail on aimless-like
And hope that fish fall from the sky


Perhaps I ought to dry my skin
'Til it flakes and scales
Shed my forelimbs for some fins
And spin myself a tail

Hold my breath ‘til I develop gills
Or the blowhole of a whale
Then I can make some plans
To join all those fish in the sea…

…if they'll have me

credits

from Fish from the Sky, released February 7, 2017
E.G. Phillips - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ryan Clark - drums, electric bass
Rory Cloud - lead guitar

produced and recorded by Ryan Clark
mixing, mastering and drum engineering by Steven Glaze at Tone Freq

music and lyrics by E.G. Phillips
© 2017 E.G. Phillips / Ducks With Pants Music, all rights reserved

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E.G. Phillips San Francisco, California

E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence.

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