Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 18 records:

Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 2001  (DVD)  Visionary VISDVD004
Maxwell's, New York, 1980, 1998  (CD)  Handmade Productions
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1995  (CD)  Rhino Records R2 71838
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1995  (CD)  Sequel Records RSA CD 823
Rout Of The Clones, 1995  (CD)  FEG 002
The Soft Boys 1976-1981, 1993  (CD)  Rykodisc RCD 10234
A Can of Bees, 1991  (CD)  Rykodisc RCD 20231 (2 versions)
A Can of Bees, 1990  (CD)  Two Crabs Records CLAW 1001 CD (2 versions)
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1986  (CD)  Midnight Music CHIME 00.15 CD
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Videotape)  Jettisoundz JE 139
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Vinyl LP)  Midnight Music CHIME 00.15 S
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Videotape)  Jettisoundz JE 139N
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Cassette)  Relativity Records EMCT 8056
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Cassette)  Midnight Music CHIME 00.15 CC
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Vinyl LP)  Relativity Records EMC 8056
A Can of Bees, 1984  (Vinyl LP)  Two Crabs Music CLAW 1001
A Can of Bees, 1980  (Vinyl LP)  Aura Records AUL 709
A Can of Bees, 1979  (Vinyl LP)  Two Crabs Music CLAW 1001


Lyrics:

Crabwise
Over the Andalusian extensions of the life and loves of Noddy
Through the windows of disgust
The teeth of Leppo and his managers awry
No time to cry

Sunrise
A lamp of no position in the loss of all existence
To the vultures without bibles and
The preachers without leaves that pass it by
No time to sigh

All them pretty women
Planted in a row
You see them in the newspapers
But you can't have 'em - no!
No no no no no no no no!  Oh ho ho!

They get Lep- Lep- Leppo and the J- J- J- J- J- Jooves
They jump on anything that m- m- m- m- m- moves
On taxis, coffin-lids, Americans, piano-heads and roofs
Leppo...

Likewise
A farmer and his diary might conspire to freeze a widow
So I went to rob the lizard
Of his skin, his coat, his money and his earth
All that he's worth

Someday
You realize that everything you do or see or think of
If it interferes with nothing
Might as well dissolve in arrows or in tears
Nobody hears

All them famous people
Washed off in the rain
Leave not even a puddle, baby
All you leave is your name
Huh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!  Your name!

I got a name, baby
It's Lep- Lep- Leppo and the J- J- J- J- J- Jooves  Oh ho ho!
They jump on anything that m- m- m- m- m- moves
Ah ha ha!  Ah ha ha.
On taxis, coffin-lids, Americans, piano-heads and roofs
Leppo...

Listen
And you can hear the dripping of the clocks, the reaping of the sun
the vengeance of the hammer and
The squeamish tight explosion of the liar
Burn in the fire

Gazing
With unforeseeing eyes into the smoke, the lungs of war
And all the endless formulations of unusable beginnings that
Have grown from hungry rivers into trees
Nobody sees

All them hungry people
They don't look so good
But I don't let it bother you
I don't see why it should
No no no no no no!  Oh oh ho
Oh ho ho

Lep- Lep- Leppo and the J- J- J- J- J- Jooves
They jump on anything that m- m- m- m- m- moves
On taxis, coffin-lids, Americans, piano-heads and roofs
Leppo...


No time to fry       5a


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 39 gigs:

The Soft Boys:
Leicester University (Leicester, England UK), 11/21/1978 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Lady Mitchell Hall (Cambridge, England UK), 11/27/1978 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Hope & Anchor (Islington, England UK), 1/5/1980 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Africa Centre Brainlode Benefit (London, England UK), 5/22/1980 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Club Eighties (New York, New York US), 9/5/1980 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 9/6/1980 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Hope & Anchor (Islington, England UK), 1/23/1981 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Great Northern (Cambridge, England UK), 1/19/1982 (Concert) Kimberly Rew guested
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Irving Plaza (New York, New York US), 6/21/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Cabaret Metro (Chicago, Illinois US), 6/22/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 11/9/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Berkeley Square (Berkeley, California US), 3/19/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Town Pump (Vancouver, Canada), 3/24/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/28/1986 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Powerhouse (London, England UK), 10/17/1992 Peter Buck, Kimberley Rew, Tim Keegan (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Fletcher's (Baltimore, Maryland US), 3/19/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Theatre of Living Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/20/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/21/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 3/23/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Irving Plaza (New York, New York US), 3/24/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Paradise Rock Club (Boston, Massachusetts US), 3/26/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, Canada), 3/28/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: St. Andrew's Hall (Detroit, Michigan US), 3/29/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 3/31/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Pine Street Theatre (Portland, Oregon US), 4/5/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Fillmore (San Francisco, California US), 4/7/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Knitting Factory (Los Angeles, California US), 4/10/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Fleece and Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 4/19/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Pavilion (Brighton, England UK), 4/20/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Waterfront (Norwich, England UK), 4/22/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Basement (Nottingham, England UK), 4/23/2001 Sonic Boom (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Cathouse (Glasgow, Scotland UK), 4/24/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Electric Ballroom (London, England UK), 4/26/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Zodiac (Oxford, England UK), 4/27/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Wedgewood Rooms (Portsmouth, England UK), 4/29/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Evershot Village Hall (Dorset, England UK), 9/15/2001 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Square (Harlow, Essex, England UK), 10/18/2001 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Fleece & Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 12/2/2004 w/ Morris Windsor, Kimberly Rew, Paul Noble, Terry Edwards (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Komedia (Brighton, England UK), 12/6/2004 w/ Morris Windsor, Kimberly Rew, Paul Noble, Terry Edwards (Concert)

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