Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 6 records:

Storefront Hitchcock, 2000  (DVD)  MGM 908023
Storefront Hitchcock, 1998  (Vinyl LP)  Warner Brothers 9 47147-1
Storefront Hitchcock, 1997  (Videotape)  MGM 1000666
Moss Elixir, 1996  (CD)  Warner Brothers PRO-CD-46302
Moss Elixir, 1996  (CD)  Warner Brothers 9 46302-2
Moss Elixir, 1996  (Cassette)  Warner Brothers 4-46302


Lyrics:

Look at the cloud above the bus stop
It's in the shape of you and I
Swarming around us in an ever-shifting circle
In the sky

Look at me down there on the viaduct
Covered in grease and lime and scales
Murmuring, "Thank you, thank you" to the Romsey gravel
And the gales

Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird

Soaring away above the chessboard
Many's the eagle on the wing
Checking their instruments before they bomb the children
As they sing ("There's a place for everything")

Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird

Splash my cold enamel with blood
A rendezvous with stone will leave you bleeding
Step by step I set your face in stone

Aaaaah

Look at the massacre on cable
But you know it won't happen here
We're all too busy watching massacres on cable
Oh yeah

Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird


Romsey: an English town known for its quarry


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 20 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
St. James Church Crypt (Clerkenwell, England UK), 7/14/1994 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 9/16/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 9/16/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 9/17/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, California US), 9/18/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 4/8/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mercury Lounge (New York, New York US), 10/6/1995 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 9/17/1996 (Concert) acoustic
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Soda (Montreal, Canada), 10/24/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Vic Theatre (Chicago, Illinois US), 10/30/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/1/1996 with Deni Bonet (Concert) (with Deni Bonet)
Robyn Hitchcock: Warfield (San Francisco, California US), 11/8/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, California US), 11/10/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Beacon Theatre (New York, New York US), 11/15/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Avalon (Boston, Massachusetts US), 11/16/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Mountain Stage (Charleston, West Virginia US), 11/17/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Met Café (Providence, Rhode Island US), 12/5/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 12/6/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Knitting Factory (New York, New York US), 3/14/1997 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 1/9/2004 Deni Bonet (Concert)

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