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Phish.netMy Long Journey Home
My Long Journey Home has not been seen in 1026 Phish shows.
It was last played: 1995-11-29.
It was played at 0.79% of live shows.
It has been performed live 16 time(s).
Music: Traditional
Lyrics: Traditional
Original Artist: Bill Monroe
Vocals: Trey, Fish and Page
Debut: 1994-11-16
Historian: Christian McKee
Phish has incorporated music with bluegrass influences nearly since their beginning, debuting “My Sweet One” in 1989. But it was not until they had been together for some time that they finally broke down and performed some of the bluegrass canon. “Long Journey Home” (or “Two-Dollar Bill”) is one of those classics. Phish played this one in their parking lot jam (11/19/94) and at each of the shows featuring the Reverend Jeff Mosier on banjo (11/16/94 – 11/20/94.) When Reverend Jeff left the tour, “Long Journey Home” made a few more appearances, check out 11/30/94 for an example. After that, the tune surfaced occasionally, sometimes acoustic, sometimes electric. To date, the last version played (11/29/95) was a musical standout, as Béla Fleck sat in on banjo.
Recommended Versions: 1994-11-30, 1994-12-29, 1995-11-29
Albums: Live Phish 20
Lyrics:
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bll, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
Cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
Looks like rain, boy, it looks like rain
Cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
I'm on my long journey home
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bll, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
Black some a-risin', and it surely is a train
Surely is a train, boys, surely is a train
Black some a-risin', and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bll, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
I hear the train a-comin', and I'll soon be gone
Soon be gone, lord, soon be gone
I hear the train a-comin', and I'll soon be gone
I'm on my long journey home
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bll, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
Homesick and lonesome and a-feeling kind of blue
Feeling kind of blue, lord, feeling kind of blue
Homesick and lonesome and a-feeling kind of blue
I'm on my long journey home
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bll, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
It's dark and a-rainin' and I've got to go home
Got go home, boys, got go home
It's dark and a-rainin' and I've got to go home
I'm on my long journey home
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bll, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
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