Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 12 records:

Live At the Cambridge Folk Festival, 1998  (CD)  Blanco y Negro CELCD 42
Live At the Cambridge Folk Festival, 1998  (CD)  Fuel 2000 302 061 070 2
Live At the Cambridge Folk Festival, 1998  (CD)  Strange Fruit/BBC CAFECD 004
Greatest Hits, 1996  (CD)  A&M Records 31454 0570 2
Robyn Hitchcock Greatest Hits, 1996  (Cassette)  A&M Records 31454 0570 4
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, 1994  (Cassette)  A&M Records
Valentines Day With Tami + Dan, 1994  (CD)  Hits Post Modern Syndrome HT 012
Driving Aloud, 1993  (CD Single)  A&M Records 31458 8102 2
Driving Aloud, 1993  (CD Single)  A&M Records 31458 8099 2
Spectre, 1993  (CD)  A&M Records 31454 8031 2 (2 versions)
Respect, 1993  (CD)  A&M Records 31454 0064 2
Respect, 1993  (Cassette)  A&M Records 31454 0064 4


Lyrics:

Take a breath, take a breath, take a breath
Honey take it on me
'Cause your lungs are in terrible shape and it's easy to see
I've been X-raying you since you walked into here
You've got nothing to hope
You've got nothing to fear
Heartburn and chemistry and lung disease
Make mincemeat of your passion on days like these

And everything you say is like sugar
The sweeter it gets you know I lick it away

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah!

With a knot in your heart you're afraid of the galaxy way
And I hand you a tape of my song which you always mislay
And your diagram was nervous when I saw you on TV
You're so vulnerable, honey, now you're fatter than me
I've got a Harrison Ford poster rolled up in my desk --
I'd sign it for you, dude, if you'd only request

And everything you say is like iron;
It smashes me up but it's brittle inside

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah!

You need love, baby, love, baby, love -- don't you throw it away;
It's the musk on your tongue and your hoof that are making me stay
In a bar in Sacramento on a cloudy afternoon
Cutting paper napkins into little crescent moons
Decision-making apparatus can't survive your death
"Good morning, Mr. Seagrove -- have you met my dead friend Seth?"
"No, sir, I haven't had that pleasure yet"

But everything you say is like acid
It eats me away, but there's something inside

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah!

What am I going to do with myself if I lose you?
What am I going to do with myself if you stay?

Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly
No sweat.  (Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly)
No sweat at all.  (Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly)
And everything you say is an ocean; (Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly)
It's keeping me up but it's pulling me down (Jesus could raise the dead, Jesus could fly)

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah, Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Ah!


No shit.   41a


Heading west, going west, heading west
Going over the sea
Where the sun always sets in the west as a favor to me
And the plane touches down and you're dying of thirst
You're already aroused when the tyres all burst           5b
She looks so beautiful
She looks so rare
You drop a coffee at the curb and vanish into thin air

And everything you say is like sugar:
The sweeter it gets, you know, I lick it away            10b

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah!

With a knot in your heart, you're afraid of a power to say
All the things that you don't wanna hear, but you do anyway  15b
And she already told you you got nothing to fear
She said it too fast and she, said it too clear
It's like a Harrison Ford picture where he plays someone nice
Who gets mixed up with a girl against his doctor's advice

And everything you says is like iron:                    20b
It smashes me up, but it's brittle inside

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Yeah!

You need love, baby, love, baby, love                    25b
Don't you throw it away
It's a miracle you've got so far without having to pay
In a sushi bar on M street, I was reachin' for an egg
It took a half a second.  It was rollin' down my leg
I've never known a word that simple                      30b
Have that effect
I'll say this for you honey:  You know how to connect
Oh yeah
You do it very suddenly

But everything you say is a dagger:                      35b
It slashes me up, but it's easy to hide

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal Waves that change their forms
Yeah!

What am I going to do with myself if I lose you?         40b
What am I going to do with myself if you stay?

Jesus could raise the dead
Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead
Jesus could fly                                          45b
Jesus could raise the dead   (No sweat)
Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead   (No sweat at all)
Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead   (But everything you say is an ocean:)  50b
Jesus could fly
Jesus could raise the dead   (It's keepin' me up
Jesus could fly               and it's pullin' me down)

Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms                      55b
Ahhhhh.
Yeah!  Radio forecast intermittent storms
Tidal waves that change their forms
Ahhhhh.


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Known to have been played live at 88 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
Trax (Charlottesville, Virginia US), 5/2/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Max's on Broadway (Baltimore, Maryland US), 5/7/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Park West (Chicago, Illinois US), 6/17/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Park West (Chicago, Illinois US), 6/18/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: WXRT (Chicago, Illinois US), 6/18/1992 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 328 Performance Hall (Nashville, Tennessee US), 6/20/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Tipitina's (New Orleans, Louisiana US), 6/29/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Liberty Lunch (Austin, Texas US), 7/2/1992 (Concert) "Not too fast.."
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Deep Ellum Live (Dallas, Texas US), 7/3/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: After The Gold Rush (Tempe, Arizona US), 7/7/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, California US), 7/10/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Wadsworth Arts Centre, UCLA (Los Angeles, California US), 7/11/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 7/14/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 7/15/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Cambridge Folk Festival - Cherry Hinton Hall (Cambridge, England UK), 7/31/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 12/28/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 12/29/1992 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 40 Watt Club (Athens, Georgia US), 1/2/1993 (with members of REM, most likely.) (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Grande Ballroom (Washington, DC US), 1/20/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Moby Disc (Los Angeles, California US), 4/25/1993 (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Warfield (San Francisco, California US), 4/28/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: La Luna (Portland, Oregon US), 4/30/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Backstage (Seattle, Washington US), 5/1/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Fox Theatre (Ogden, Colorado US), 5/6/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Vic Theatre (Chicago, Illinois US), 5/10/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Mountain Stage (Charleston, West Virginia US), 5/12/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Newport Music Hall (Columbus, Ohio US), 5/13/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Metropol (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US), 5/16/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Gaston Hall Georgetown University (Washington, DC US), 5/17/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Ritz (New York, New York US), 5/19/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Toad's Place (New Haven, Connecticut US), 5/20/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Keswick Theatre (Glenside, Pennsylvania US), 5/21/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Fastlane Club (Asbury Park, New Jersey US), 5/22/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Joiners Arms (Southampton, England UK), 8/2/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Junction (Cambridge, England UK), 8/3/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Big Star Records (Adelaide, Australia), 11/1/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Quattro (Tokyo, Japan), 11/10/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mark Radcliffe Show (London, England UK), 11/13/1993 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: BBC (London, England UK), 11/15/1993 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Toad's Place (New Haven, Connecticut US), 1/1/1994 (Concert) with "superstar intro"
Robyn Hitchcock: Ruvido Club (Bologna, Italy), 3/5/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Bull & Gate (Kentish Town, England UK), 3/9/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/29/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 3/30/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 3/30/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 3/31/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 3/31/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mountain Stage (Charleston, West Virginia US), 4/1/1995 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Toad's Place (New Haven, Connecticut US), 4/5/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 4/8/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 4/8/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Amherst College (Amherst, Massachusetts US), 4/9/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ark (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 4/14/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ark (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 4/14/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Park West (Chicago, Illinois US), 4/15/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: All Saints Centre (Lewes, England UK), 6/17/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 1/26/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 9/3/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Concert Hall (Toronto, Canada), 10/27/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) (electric) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: [unknown venue] (Detroit, Michigan US), 10/29/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Knitting Factory (New York, New York US), 3/14/1997 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 7/16/1997 with Ntshuks Bonga and the Dear Janes (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Highbury Garage (London, England UK), 1/25/2002 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 1/9/2004 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Schuba's (Chicago, Illinois US), 11/6/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: World Café Live (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 11/15/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 3/8/2005 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Southpaw (Brooklyn, New York US), 3/25/2005 (Concert) w/ Deni Bonet
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Academy II (Birmingham, England UK), 1/20/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Rescue Rooms (Nottingham, England UK), 1/21/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Junction (Cambridge, England UK), 1/22/2006 w/ Kimberley Rew (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Komedia (Brighton, England UK), 1/23/2006 w/ Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Scala (London, England UK), 1/25/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Fleece and Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 1/26/2006 w/ Morris Windsor (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Phoenix (Exeter, England UK), 1/27/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: BBC Radio 3 (London, England UK), 2/5/2006 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, California US), 2/24/2006 (Concert) w/ Minus 3
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Key Club (Los Angeles, California US), 2/25/2006 and Grant Lee Phillips (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Slim's (San Francisco, California US), 2/27/2006 (Concert) electric w/ Minus 3
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, Oregon US), 3/3/2006 Sean Nelson (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 3/4/2006 (Concert) w/ The Minus Five
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Harewood House, Wireless Festival (Leeds, England UK), 6/25/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Loppen (Copenhagen, Denmark), 7/4/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: The Cornbury Oxford Music Festival (Charlbury, England UK), 7/9/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: FAB (Tokyo, Japan), 10/7/2006 w/ The Minus 5 & Morgan Fisher (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: FAB (Tokyo, Japan), 10/8/2006 w/ The Minus 5 & Morgan Fisher (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: The Gov (Adelaide, Australia), 10/14/2006 w/ The Minus 5 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: The Clarendon (Katoomba, Australia), 10/19/2006 w/ The Minus 5 (Concert)

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