The Squirming Coil Lyrics - Lawn Boy - Phish

The Squirming Coil of sunset 

I keep within my reach 

Tried yesterday to get away 

And hitchhiked to the beach 

I saw Satan on the beach 

Trying to catch a ray 

He wasn't quite the speed of light 

And the squirming coil 

It got away 

The muscles flex the mother's ring 

She fastens children to her king 

And sends him down the crooked street 

When he returns, the birth's complete 

Jimmy holds the Tannis root 

The forest's tasty nectar shoot 

The sun tips off the monarch's suit 

From sequined sash to shiny boot 

"I'd like to lick the coil some day 

Like Icarus, who had to pay 

With melting wax and feathers brown 

He tasted it on his way down" 

Stun the puppy! 

Burn the whale! 

Bark a scruff and go to jail! 

Forge the coin and lick the stamp! 

Little Jimmy's off to camp