Harpua

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By: Phish Vocals: Phish Times Played: Debut:	Harpua is a fan-favorite song about a dog Harpua, the cat Poster Nutbag and a little boy named Jimmy. The story segment of this song changes constantly, is often ad-libbed and it sometimes contains jokes and song teases.

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Lyrics transcribed from July 30, 1988

Oom-pa-pa oom-pa-pa oom-pa-pa oom-pa-paaaaa

Fat sweaty bulldog
Stood in the sun
Stone village swamp man
Slow motion run
Tender poke police walker
Precious birthday fudge
Swamp night bull nail
Walker done done

Me and Harpua
We couldn't care fewer
It happens all the time
We beat Okimo

Me and Harpua
We couldn't care fewer
It happens all the time
We beat Okimo

Hot liquor stone jack
Bitter toothless flesh
Shabby pimple chin-slime
Evil milky rash

Me and Harpua
Spastic dead-eyed hound
Oozing dreadlock skullcap
We're coming to your town
We'll help you party down

Me and Harpua
We couldn't care fewer
It happens all the time
We beat Okimo

Me and Harpua
We couldn't care fewer
It happens all the time
We beat Okimo

Once upon a time in a land far, far, far...
There lived a young boy named Jimmy
Once upon a time in a land far, far, far...
There lived a cat
And this cat belonged to Jimmy
Once upon a time in a land far, far, far, far...
There lived a dog named Harpua, Harpua, Harpua
The name sent chills and shivers down every cat in the land far, far, far
Because Harpua was the meanest, fattest, ugliest killer bulldog in all of the land far, far, far, far
Well, one day Harpua was meandering through town
Looking for some action
Basically, he was looking for a hot lunch
And as he walked he sauntered slowly forward putting one furry paw in front of the other
Until he turned around the corner and there in front of him there was - a cat!
You guessed it! It was Jimmy's cat
And the name of the cat was
The feared, the venerable, the meanest cat in all of town
It was the famous Poster Nutbag
Well, the two of them looked at each other and they knew who the other one was
Being that Poster Nutbag was the meanest cat in all of town
And Harpua was the meanest dog in all of town
They were sort of legends in their own time
So they looked at each other and harpua felt a growl go through his body
He knew there was going to be a nasty fight
He looked at Poster Nutbag frozen in terror in front of him
And Poster Nutbag coiled his body into a deadly arch
The fight was a bout to begin
And a hungry drop of saliva dripped out of Harpua's mouth and landed on the cement below

Look
The storm's gone

Jimmy?
Yes, Dad?
Jimmy, I have some bad news.
What is it, Dad?
It's about your cat Poster.
You mean Poster Nutbag?
Your cat died!

Poster is dead
Poster is dead
Poster is dead
Poster's so dead

How about a goldfish?
I don't want a goldfish!
I don't want a goldfish!
I don't want a goldfish!
I want a dog!
A dog

There's a dog in the station
With an ugly mutation
And it needs lubrication each day
There's a dog in the station
Contemplating rotation
As a form of recreation and play
A dog

There's a dog in the station
With a bad reputation
It's a sign of the nation's decay
But the dog in the station
Doesn't need a vacation
As the people rush by dressed in gray

A dog
A dog
A dog

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