Name: Dave Matthews - Big Eyed Fish (2012-05-23) by SwearImNotPaulDMB2012 in dMb
Duration: 5 min 3 s
Description: Live at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC, 2012-05-23

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A song about a poor potato victimized by careless science.

LYRICS
(C) 2025 Ggreg Snyder
(Verse 1)
Down by Boise, near the research lab,
A humble spud got a nuclear bath!
Glowing eyes and a skin that’s green,
The biggest tater that you’ve ever seen!

(Pre-Chorus)
It sprouted legs, it sprouted a mind,
Rolling through Idaho one fry at a time!

(Chorus)
Radioactive potato!
He’s enormous but he’s shy—
Radioactive potato!
With a heavy heart and a tear in his eye.

(Verse 2)
No laser beams, no telekinetic force,
He can’t fly a rocket or run a racehorse.
He’s just a starch with a conscious core,
Feeling inadequate, wanting something more!

(Pre-Chorus)
He’s sentient, yes, but feels so plain,
A super-spud searching for a hero’s name!

(Chorus)
Radioactive potato!
He can’t leap tall barns in a single bound—
Radioactive potato!
Just a giant tuber rolling round town.

(Bridge)
He says: “Why me? Why not a carrot or a pea?
I’m just a lump in the nuclear debris!”
The scientists cheer, “You’re a miracle, friend!”
But the potato sighs, “I’m average to the end.”

(Chorus)
Radioactive potato!
Bigger than a tractor, larger than a bus!
Radioactive potato!
But deep inside he’s just… like us.

(Outro – spoken, dramatic)
“He’s the spud that glows in the Idaho night…
A lonely giant searching for purpose…
The radioactive potato!”

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