Backwards Down The Number Line - Phish

Happy happy oh my friend

Blow out candles once again

Leave the presents all inside

Take my hand

And let’s take a ride

Backwards down the number line

You were eight and I was nine

Do you know what happened then?

Do you know why we’re still friends?

Laughing all these many years

We pushed through hardships tasted tears

Made a promise one to keep

I can still recite it in my sleep

Every time a birthday comes

Call your friend and sing a song

Or whisper it into his ear

Or write it down

Just don’t miss a year

You decide what it contains

How long it goes but this remains

The only rule is it begins

Happy happy oh my friend

All my friends

Come backwards down the number line

And when I see you coming down the line

With eyes wide open

Somewhere in between the past and future

Where you drift in time

And you can see a different point of view