If You Were a Priest
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Author: Robyn Hitchcock
Released on 15
records:
Uncorrected Personality Traits, 1997 (CD) Rhino Records R2 72849
Sounds of the Eighties 1986-1987, 1995 (CD) Sony Music A-26301 R988-28
Element Of Light, 1995 (CD) Sequel Records RSA CD 824 (2 versions)
Element Of Light, 1995 (CD) Rhino Records R2 71839 (2 versions)
Robyn Hitchcock Sampler, 1995 (Cassette) Rhino Records PRTC 7130
The Kershaw Sessions, 1994 (CD) Strange Roots ROOTCD 001
Catalog Sampler, 1994 (CD) Rhino Records PRCD 7083
The Hooded One, 1988 (Vinyl LP) Feg You Records FEG 3-28-86
If You Were A Priest, 1987 (Vinyl 12") Relativity Records 88561-8130-8
Element Of Light, 1986 (Vinyl LP) Relativity Records 88561-8130-1
Element Of Light, 1986 (Vinyl LP) Glass Fish Records MOIST 3
Element Of Light, 1986 (Cassette) Relativity Records 88561-8130-4
If You Were A Priest, 1986 (Vinyl 7") Glass Fish Records OOZE 1
If You Were A Priest, 1986 (Vinyl 12") Glass Fish Records OOZE 1 T
Element Of Light, 1986 (CD) Glass Fish Records MOIST 3 CD
Lyrics:
If you were a priest
I would wait at least
Up unto confession time and
Crawl into your box
Breathing like a fox
Hunting for obsession time and
I've thrown a lot of time away to be with you
So please don't lock away your eyes
If you were a nun
I would surely run
Way down to the hospital and
Cover all your charts
With decorated hearts
A palpitating ritual and
I've spent a lot of time on this to be like you 15
So please don't lock away your eyes
If you were a ghost
I would treasure most
Time I never spent with you and
Wander through your head
The words I never said
Till I knew what I meant to you and
I've spent a lot of time on this to be with you
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes
So please don't lock away your eyes (away your eyes)
So please don't lock away your eyes
Padding like a fox 5a
So please don't mock my other side 8a
Down to where your cloisters are 11a
And I would intertwine 12a
Around you like a vine 13a
My grapes are where your oysters are and 14a
Wander through the world 20a
Like a transparent earl 21a
Till I knew what I meant to you and 22a
So please don't mock my other side 24a
Tattered grim and dead 21b
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Known to have been
played live at 71 gigs:
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Paradise Centre (Reading, England UK), 6/2/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: BBC Radio One 'In concert' (London, England UK), 6/10/1986 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: CND Festival (Glastonbury, England UK), 6/21/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: [unknown venue] (Brighton, England UK) (Brighton, England UK), 10/3/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Ritz (New York, New York US), 11/1/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: BBC (London, England UK), 11/1/1986 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Paradise (Boston, Massachusetts US), 11/2/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Nectarine Ballroom (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 11/10/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 11/13/1986 with Peter Buck (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Founder's Hall Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania US), 11/15/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: One Step Beyond (Santa Clara, California US), 11/18/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/23/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 11/25/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 11/26/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Tartan Bar (Leeds, England UK), 1/24/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Town and Country Club (London, England UK), 1/25/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: MyWay (Piacenza, Italy), 2/10/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Stereodrome (Bologna, Italy), 2/11/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Stereodrome (Bologna, Italy), 2/12/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Uptown Lounge (Athens, Georgia US), 3/25/1988 Peter Buck (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Centre Stage (Atlanta, Georgia US), 3/26/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Beacon Theatre (New York, New York US), 3/31/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Graffiti Club (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US), 4/5/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: St. Andrew's Hall (Detroit, Michigan US), 4/7/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Foellinger Auditorium (Champaign-Urbana, Illinois US), 4/8/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Cabaret Metro (Chicago, Illinois US), 4/9/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 4/11/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Fillmore (San Francisco, California US), 4/13/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: John Anson Ford Theater (Los Angeles, California US), 4/15/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Beacon Theatre (New York, New York US), 4/17/1988 and Peter Buck (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Inkstick Shibura Factory (Tokyo, Japan), 9/16/1988 (Concert) cuts
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Town and Country Club (London, England UK), 10/6/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa US), 3/7/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: New Ritz (New York, New York US), 6/15/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Diamond Club (Toronto, Canada), 6/22/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Yaki Da (Gothenburg, Sweden), 10/27/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred, Sweden), 11/8/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: SUNY, Albany Ballroom (Albany, New York US), 10/10/1990 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Max's on Broadway (Baltimore, Maryland US), 1/1/1991 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Powerhouse (London, England UK), 10/17/1992 Peter Buck, Kimberley Rew, Tim Keegan (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 & the Egyptians: 40 Watt Club (Athens, Georgia US), 4/17/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Gaston Hall Georgetown University (Washington, DC US), 5/17/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Isle of Wight Bus Tour (Isle of Wight, England UK), 8/10/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Evershot Village Hall (Dorset, England UK), 8/17/1996 Homer (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Roadhouse (Manchester, England UK), 9/5/1996 Homer (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: BBC (London, England UK), 1/6/1997 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn at Sea (Isle of Wight, England UK), 8/16/1997 (Concert)
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: Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, California US), 2/23/2006 (Concert) w/ Minus 5
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: Hyde Park, Wireless Festival (London, England UK), 6/22/2006 (Concert)
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 w/ The Minus 5: BBC Radio 2 (London, England UK), 7/25/2006 (Radio)
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)
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