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Esther (Alternate Version)

On a hot summer night, in a small western town,
At a carnival down by the water,
A young woman walked through the fairgrounds alone
Esther, the archbishop's daughter

She walked past the carousel down to the lake
Where she spotted a wrinkled old man
Who stood by the side of a broken-down hut
With a bucket held firm in his hand

The old man approached her and whispered his plea
'Won't you please take this gift that I offer?'
A beautiful puppet of violet and gold,
Of velvet and satin and lace

And he looked at the girl with a powerful gaze
And she stared at the bucket bewildered
Till he lifted the doll for the young girl to see
And a giant smile grew on her face

The doll was as pretty as any she'd seen
And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church
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And she burst through the doorway with puppet held high
And a hush filled the chapel, and the people looked mean . .

(same lyrics as current ones, until the last three verses:) . .

As Esther stood and shook her head the joggers were approaching
And she knew she had no choice left but to swim
As she dove into the water she saw a flicker in the distance
It was the place she got the puppet that had made her life so grim

When she reached the shore she pulled her icy body from the water
Saw the carnival, and then she saw the shack
And she ran across the fairgrounds to the old man with the bucket
And she took the puppet out and gave it back!

Up from the water came thousands of souls
Joggers and muggers and church-going folk
And they all ran past Esther towards the old man
Like a raging stampede they dissolved in a huge cloud of dust....





Phish
Miscellaneous 1
Album songs
1.Alumni Blues
2.The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
3.Lizards
4.Tela
5.AC/DC Bag
6.Weekapaug
7.Sloth
8.Union Federal(Provided)
9.Guelah Papyrus
10.Avinu Malkenu
11.Twist
12.Big Black Furry Creature From Mars
13.Blue and Lonesome
14.Brother
15.Buffalo Bill
16.Carolina On My Mind
17.Colonel Forbin's Ascent Narrative - version1
18.Colonel Forbin's Ascent Narrative - version2
19.Cracklin' Rosie
20.The Curtain
21.Daniel Saw the Stone
22.Dear Mrs. Reagan
23.Destiny Unbound Modifications
24.Dog Log (or Doggone Dog)
25.Free Bird
26.Fuck Your Face
27.Halley's Comet ->
28.Harpua
29.Icculus
30.I Didn't Know
31.If I Only had a Brain
32.TV Show
33.Language Instructions
34.Love You
35.Loving Cup
36.McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters
37.My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own
38.Nellie Kane
39.N.I.C.U.
40.No Dogs Allowed
41.Old Home Place
42.Paul and Silas
43.Punch You In the Eye
44.Rockytop
45.Runaway Jim
46.Sanity
47.Trials and Tribulations
48.Sleeping Monkey ->
49.Strange Design
50.Suzie Greenberg
51.Timber Ho!
52.The Landlady(Provided)
53.Uncle Pen
54.The Inlaw Josey Wales(Provided)
55.Esther (Alternate Version) (Modify)
56.Bliss(Provided)
57.Sand
58.Marijuana
59.Anything but Me
60.Back on the Train
61.Sleep
62.Bitchin' Again
63.Bug
64.Carolina (or Carolina On My Mind)
65.Crimes Of The Mind
66.Dahlia
67.Destiny Unbound
68.Dirt
69.Driver
70.Eliza(Provided)
71.Faht(Provided)
72.Family Picture
73.Famous Mockingbird
74.First Tube(Provided)
75.Gotta Jibboo
76.Heavy Things
77.Introduction Narration
78.King of Nothing
79.Lllama
80.Lucy In The Subway
81.Magilla(Provided)
82.Mexican Cousin
83.Montana(Provided)
84.Ordinary Day
85.Pebbles And Marbles
86.Self
87.Revolution's Over
88.Round Room