I Always Wanted It This Way

A song by Phish, from Big Boat.

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I Always Wanted It This Way live

• Played 23 times.
• First played Oct 15, 2016.
• Last played Jun 24, 2025, 73 Phish shows ago.

Live stats courtesy Phish.net, as of Oct 28, 2026.

I Always Wanted It This Way is one of the songs in the daily Phish lyric game: one line of a song, three guesses to name it.

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