Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 5 records:

I Often Dream Of Trains, 1995  (CD)  Sequel Records RSA CD 821
I Often Dream Of Trains, 1995  (CD)  Rhino Records R2 71822
I Often Dream Of Trains, 1986  (Vinyl LP)  Relativity Records 88561-8082-1
I Often Dream Of Trains, 1986  (CD)  Midnight Music CHIME 00.05 CD
I Often Dream Of Trains, 1984  (Vinyl LP)  Midnight Music CHIME 00.05 S


Lyrics:

Long slender shadows pulsating in windows
While feathery curtain hide fountains of eyes
From the light

A different disease in another translation
Though you don't understand the familiar sensation

But who needs to talk when you're caught in the flavour of night?

And you, yeah you with your ice cream hands
You, yeah you are my friend

All that you want could be happening for you
Just like the road that unrolls there before you
Tonight

Eyes you don't trust but the fingers have beckoned
How long you got left? Well, how long do you reckon?

But who goes to waste when they're tasting the flavour of night?

And you, yeah you with your ice cream hands
You, yeah you are my friend


How long you got left? About forty-five seconds     13a


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Known to have been played live at 40 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
BBC (London, England UK), 9/15/1984 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Hope & Anchor (Islington, England UK), 9/29/1984 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Ronnie Scott's (London, England UK), 2/2/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Paradise Centre (Reading, England UK), 6/2/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 7/13/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 7/18/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ronnie Scott's (London, England UK), 10/25/1987 (with…?) (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mean Fiddler (London, England UK), 12/5/1987 (with…?) (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 7/20/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 7/24/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 7/28/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 7/29/1988 (Concert) cuts
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 7/29/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 7/30/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Birchmere (Alexandria, Virginia US), 4/23/1990 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Trax (Charlottesville, Virginia US), 4/25/1990 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, California US), 5/24/1990 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 5/5/1991 and Andy Metcalfe (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 1/19/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 4/29/1998 with Deni Bonet (Concert) piano, w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 6/12/1998 (Concert) piano
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 6/12/1998 (Concert)
Yo La Tengo: Mitchell Theatre (London, England UK), 5/13/2000 with Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 6/16/2000 (Concert) (piano)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: The Troubadour (Los Angeles, California US), 6/20/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 6/21/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: Sweetwater Café (Mill Valley, California US), 6/22/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: Aladdin Theatre (Portland, Oregon US), 6/23/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 6/24/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 10/18/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: Joe's Pub (New York, New York US), 10/19/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: The Middle East (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 10/22/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Polish Club (Sheffield, England UK), 10/5/2004 (Concert) on piano
Robyn Hitchcock: Rex Theatre (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US), 11/9/2004 (Concert) piano
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 3/3/2005 (Concert) on piano
Robyn Hitchcock: KCRW (Santa Monica, California US), 3/8/2005 (Radio) piano
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 3/9/2005 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Congress (Tucson, Arizona US), 3/13/2005 (Concert) on piano
Robyn Hitchcock: The Iron Horse (Northampton, Massachusetts US), 3/28/2005 (Concert) on piano
Robyn Hitchcock: Duncan Hall (Lafayette, Illinois US), 4/3/2005 (Concert)

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