V1:
Phineas did a good job down on the railroad
working all day long to make his bread
Tamping down the charges in the rocks, man
Till one day a steel rod pierced his head
But he kept moving
Aw, yeh he kept moving
R:(they said)
Phineas Gage
So disengaged
V2:
Phineas got back up on his feet, yeah
He told his friends he'd better depart
His fellow workers looked in disbelief
Sent him away on the back of a cart
And he kept movin
Aw, yeh he kept moving
R:
Phineas Gage
Turned Assuaged
v3:
Phineas was let in to the doctors
As a strong man he threw up half his brain
They took great interest in his vigor
They poked inside his head with a wooden cane
And he kept movin
Aw, yeh he kept moving
R:(they said)
Phineas Gage
We think you've changed
V4:
Well, Phineas went back to his family
Couldn't work no more on them tracks
His family didn't recognize him quite
So Phineas had to pack
Yeah, he got mood swings
Aw, them swinging of the moods
R:
Phineas Gage
He was enstranged
v5:
When Phineas finally died in 1860
They took great interest in his skull
through hours and hours of research
they learned to make people dull
Oh, The slow ones
the ones that are real gone
R:
Phineas Gage
Had flipped his last page
V6:
But Phineas, you did a good job
Although you died alone
If it weren't for your misfortune
We wouldn't have that song by Ramones
You know it grooves me
Yeah, that's a good old song
R:
Phineas Gage
We think you're great
Phineas Gage
Hooray! Hooray! (ad infinitum)
+
c
you can't close your eyes
d
and float upstream
g
when your life has become
c
A horrible dream
g
fuck you Beatles