Backwards Down The Number Line Lyrics - Joy - 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've 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 in to his ears 

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 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

And when I see you coming down the line with eyes wide open 

Somewhere in between the passing future where you drift in time 

And you can see a different point of view 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins 

Happy, happy, oh my friend 

You decide what it contains 

How long it goes but this remains 

The only rule is it begins