Sample in a Jar

By Phish

On Hoist

Released on March 29, 1994

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[Verse 1]

It’s hidden far away, though someday I may tell

The tale of metal tangle when into your world I fell

Without you now I wander soaking secretly afraid

But in your grasp the fears don’t last, though some of them have stayed


[Chorus]

I wheeled around because I, I didn’t hear what you had said

And saw you dancing with Elihu, up on Leemor’s bed

And I was foggy, rather groggy, you helped me to my car

The binding belt enclosing me, a sample in a jar


[Verse 2]

And on the market stands unfolding with all their willies and their wares

I shuffle by alert but numb to all the glances and the glares

And I think of you unheeding all the times I raise my cup

It’s now I know that you knew that I’d soon end up, end up


[Chorus]

I wheeled around because I, I didn’t hear what you had said

And saw you dancing with Elihu, up on Leemor’s bed

And I was foggy, rather groggy, you helped me to my car

The binding belt enclosing me, a sample in a jar


[Bridge]

You tricked me like the others

And now I don’t belong

The simple smiles and good times seem all wrong


[Chorus]

I wheeled around because I, I didn’t hear what you had said

And saw you dancing with Elihu, up on Leemor’s bed

And I was foggy, rather groggy, you helped me to my car

The binding belt enclosing me, a sample in a jar


[Post-Chorus]

Oh, a sample in a jar

Oh, a sample in a jar

Woah-oh, now, a sample in a jar

Oh, now!


[Instrumental Outro]