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There was a stage and a PA
Up in western Massachusetts
And the kids came from miles around
To get messed up on the musicAnd she drove down from Baudoin
With a carload of girlfriends
To meet some boys and
Maybe eat some mushroomsAnd they did and she got sick
Now she's pinned and way too shaky
She don't want to tell the doctor
Everything she' s takenThe paramedics hovered over
Like a somber mourning family
They gave her activated charcoal
They flooded her with salineI got really hot and then I came to in the chillout tent
They gave me oranges and cigarettesHe was rough around the edges
He'd been to school but never finished
He'd been to jail but never prisonAnd it was his first day off in forever, man
The festival seemed like a pretty good plan
Cruise some chicks and get a suntanAnd his friend gave him four
But he said only take one
But then he got bored
And he ended up taking all fourSo now my man
He ain't that bored anyways
The paramedics found him
He was shaking on the side of the stageEverything was spinning and then I came to in the chillout tent
They gave me oranges and cigarettes
I got really hot and then I came to in the chillout tent
They gave us oranges and cigarettesShe looked just like a baby bird
All new and wet and trying to light a parliament
He quoted her some poetries
He's Tennyson in denim and sheepskin
He looked a lot like Izzy StratlinThey started kissing when the nurses took off their IVs
It was kind of of sexy but it was kind of creepy
Their mouths were fizzy with the cherry cola
They had the privacy of bedsheets
And all the other kids were mostly in comasHe was kind of cute, we kind of kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that boy again
She was pretty cool and kind of kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that girl againHe was kind of cute, we kind of kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that boy again
And she seemed pretty cool, we kind of kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that girl again