This has a target audience of maybe zero. (And Luker, you can go on ahead and stop reading now.) You have to be fond of two things simultaneously: Good Phish songs and good Children's Books.
In particular, you have to indulge me with this book-to-song convergence: The last two pages of Donald Crew's Freight Train (1978) and last notes of Phish's "Reba," one of the epics, officially from their studio album Lawn Boy (1990/1992).
1. Start with Freight Train -- get to the last pages, where the train is..."Going going..."
"Gone."
(some extra spacing here to help you pace your reading)
(wait for it, wait for it, let it work...)
2. Now, listen to a Reba of your choosing (on hundreds of bootlegs, but also a bunch of those Live Phish discs they put out, or from one of the mp3 downloads at nugs.net).
3. And wait for the final notes. It goes like this:
"Bahm Bahm..."
Then all tuba-like, a very low --
"Bhoom."
The music to Freight Train's ending is the ending to Reba. It's the same pace, the same tone, the same sensation. It works. Coherence, convergence, simultaneity.
"This has a target audience of maybe zero."
Perhaps, but I hope that doesn't misunderestimate the cross-over audience of people who listened to art rock whilst watching old movies on television. Not that I could name any particular albums that were alleged to fit particular classic movies. Far be it from me to bring up such a meme.
I've read that book two thousand times to my son and have always loved its intonation. Now, I need to track down that Phish song because I know I'll know what you're talking about if I hear it. Oh, the wonders of the Internets.