Flibberty Jib

Lyrics: Ken Nordine
Music: The Grateful Dead

There was this stranger who came into our town
Who was tall and dark
And had eyes that could look right down into the bottom of you
And he got us all together in the huge auditorium
We were in the dark
And he was on the stage
And he began to chant
First with a whisper we could hardly hear
The flibberty jib on the bipperty bop
The flibberty jib on the bipperty bop
We didn’t know what it meant
The flibberty jib on the bipperty bop
He had trapped us without our knowing it
And by little and little he took us
Into the world of magic
And we began to chant with him
The flibberty jib on the bipperty bop
The flibberty jib on the bipperty bop
And the magic was in us
And he was on the stage saying yes, yes, yes

But there were those among us who were jealous of his powers
And didn’t want him up there
They made foolishness of what he was doing, these critics
And little by little they said
What he’s saying doesn’t mean anything
And he lost faith in himself
He became smaller and smaller
And he left our town
Saying no, no, no

We lived through the time that followed
We lived on histories and hopes
Until the miracle that we thought would never happen
Happened again
Another stranger came into our town
And he too was tall and dark
And had eyes that could look right down into the bottom of you
And he got us together in the big auditorium
With him on the high stage
And we were in the dark
And he began to chant
The flibberty jib on the bipperty bop
And we joined in
And the magic again was in us
But you know what happened?
Little by little, a little later on
The critics made nonsense of what we were doing
And he left our town saying no, no, no

By the way
How are things in your town?

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