Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock
Alternate Title(s): DeChirico Street

Released on 6 records:

This Is the BBC, 2006  (CD)  Hux 074
Mossy Liquor, 1996  (Vinyl LP)  Warner Brothers 1-46339
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
The Difference, 1995  (CD)  United Stations Radio Networks Show #95-17


Lyrics:

I was followed home by a weighing machine
On De Chirico Street
It said, "What do you know?" I said, "What do you mean?"
On De Chirico Street
And the numbers turned to fingers
And the fingers turned to flies
And they buzzed around your portrait

I was followed home by a 73
On De Chirico Street
It was advertising you and me
On De Chirico Street
In the photograph we kissed
The conductor's name was Milo
As the bus went past, he hissed,
"Fleshhead!"

A hyena sprang, she was on all fours
On De Chirico Street
And her outline showed through a strip of gauze
On De Chirico Street
If you meet me by the clock
I can kiss you through the window
'Cause you love that sudden shock

Don't moralize
Get on with it
You can go
Now you've discharged all your responsibilties
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-now now now
On De Chirico Street

Aaah, aaah

As the sundial fell, it was oh so black
On De Chirico Street
And the lizard's tail slithered in the crack
On De Chirico Street
And the pale yellow globes
Flickered softly through the window
As you paced the night with strobes

It's the darkest dream in the whole wide world
On De Chirico Street
It's a bat, it's a bat, it's a bat, it's a girl
On De Chirico Street
In my pocket, nightmares dress
I said, "Jasper, this one's evil"
But I love my lioness... My lioness!

Aaah, aaah.
Mmm. Mmm.
Aaah.



8: 73, a double decker bus line


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 145 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
Kulturmejeret (Lund, Sweden), 5/24/1994 (Concert)
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: 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: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 9/21/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom of the Hill (San Francisco, California US), 9/22/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom of the Hill (San Francisco, California US), 9/23/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Neurotic Records (San Francisco, California US), 9/24/1994 (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock: La Luna (Portland, Oregon US), 9/27/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Backstage (Seattle, Washington US), 10/1/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, Washington US), 10/4/1994 with The Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Spectrum Cabaret (Winnipeg, Canada), 10/9/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Zaphod Beeblebrox (Ottawa, Canada), 10/14/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: El Caiman (A Coruna, Spain), 11/19/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Poor David's Pub (Dallas, Texas US), 3/16/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tin Angel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/25/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tin Angel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/25/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: WXPN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/26/1995 Deni Bonet (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tin Angel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/26/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/28/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/29/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: WHFS (Annapolis, Maryland US), 3/29/1995 (Radio)
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: Toad's Place (New Haven, Connecticut US), 4/5/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Newbury Comics (Boston, Massachusetts US), 4/8/1995 (In-Store)
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: Peabody's Down Under (Cleveland, Ohio US), 4/13/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ark (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 4/14/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Acoustic Café, 4/14/1995 Deni Bonet (Radio)
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: Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 4/18/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Doornroosje - Fast Forward Hometaping Festival (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), 4/21/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Difference, 4/30/1995 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Telford's Warehouse (Chester, England UK), 5/3/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Citadel Arts Centre (St. Helens, England UK), 5/13/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Union Chapel (Islington, England UK), 5/18/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: BBC (London, England UK), 6/14/1995 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: All Saints Centre (Lewes, England UK), 6/17/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Phoenix Festival (Stratford Upon Avon, England UK), 7/15/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Yarmouth Station (Isle of Wight, England UK), 8/26/1995 (Concert)
Peter Himmelman: Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, California US), 9/21/1995 Robyn Hitchcock (Concert) acoustic
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 9/22/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: McCabe's (Santa Monica, California US), 9/23/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 9/25/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Berbati's Pan (Portland, Oregon US), 9/27/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Backstage (Seattle, Washington US), 9/29/1995 (Concert) acoustic
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 10/4/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mercury Lounge (New York, New York US), 10/6/1995 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 12/27/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: WHFS at Omega Studios (Rockville, Maryland US), 1/7/1996 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 1/19/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: KCRW (Santa Monica, California US), 3/18/1996 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Alligator Lounge (Santa Monica, California US), 3/19/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Salon El Carmen (Bilbao, Spain), 4/18/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 5/24/1996 with Otis 'Horns' Fletcher on sax (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: CBC Stereo (Toronto, Canada), 6/8/1996 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/6/1996 The Gliders (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Isle of Wight Bus Tour (Isle of Wight, England UK), 8/10/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/13/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: BBC (London, England UK), 8/14/1996 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Evershot Village Hall (Dorset, England UK), 8/17/1996 Homer (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/20/1996 Homer (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/27/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 9/3/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Roadhouse (Manchester, England UK), 9/5/1996 Homer (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 9/10/1996 Homer (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 9/24/1996 with Morris Windsor & Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Soda (Montreal, Canada), 10/24/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Concert Hall (Toronto, Canada), 10/27/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: [unknown venue] (Detroit, Michigan US), 10/29/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Vic Theatre (Chicago, Illinois US), 10/30/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Barrymore Theatre (Madison, Wisconsin US), 10/31/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/1/1996 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ogden Theatre (Boulder, Colorado US), 11/2/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Vogue Theater (Vancouver, Canada), 11/5/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Moore Theater (Seattle, Washington US), 11/6/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Warfield (San Francisco, California US), 11/8/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, California US), 11/9/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles, California US), 11/10/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 11/13/1996 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Keswick Theater (Glenside, Pennsylvania US), 11/14/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert)
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: 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: BBC (London, England UK), 1/6/1997 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bluebird Café (Nashville, Tennessee US), 2/22/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Flamingo's Bar & Grill (Knoxville, Tennessee US), 2/23/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 40 Watt Club (Athens, Georgia US), 2/24/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Point (Atlanta, Georgia US), 2/26/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, North Carolina US), 3/3/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 8 X 10 Club (Baltimore, Maryland US), 3/5/1997 w/ Dear Janes (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Milestones (Rochester, New York US), 3/7/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Park West (Clifton Park, New York US), 3/8/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Knitting Factory (New York, New York US), 3/14/1997 Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Santa Fe (Tivoli, New York US), 3/18/1997 w/ Dear Janes (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Iron Horse (Northampton, Massachusetts US), 3/19/1997 w/ Dear Janes (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Raoul's (Portland, Maine US), 3/20/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 3/21/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: House of Blues (Chicago, Illinois US), 5/21/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Magic Stick (Detroit, Michigan US), 5/22/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Shank Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin US), 5/23/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert) w/Tim
Robyn Hitchcock: Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 5/24/1997 with Tim Keegan (Concert) w/Tim
Robyn Hitchcock: Let It Be Records (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 5/24/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Wow Hall (Eugene, Oregon US), 6/5/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert) w/Tim
Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn at Sea (Isle of Wight, England UK), 8/16/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Junction (Cambridge, England UK), 8/23/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 1/10/1998 with Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mean Fiddler (London, England UK), 4/4/1998 with Kimberley Rew & Ntshuks Bonga (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 4/29/1998 with Deni Bonet (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 6/12/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 6/12/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Ram's Head (Annapolis, Maryland US), 6/13/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, Washington US), 6/26/1998 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mercury Lounge (New York, New York US), 11/20/1998 with Deni Bonet and Terry Edwards (Concert) w/Deni
Robyn Hitchcock: Big Mama (Rome, Italy), 2/9/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Estragon (Bologna, Italy), 2/10/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bloom (Milano, Italy), 2/13/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Hotel du Nord (Paris, France), 6/28/1999 with Peter Blegvad and Syd Straw (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Quaker Goes Deaf (Chicago, Illinois US), 7/18/1999 (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock: Roseland Theatre (Portland, Oregon US), 7/25/1999 Tim Keegan (Concert) enter Tim
Robyn Hitchcock: Open Mind Music (San Francisco, California US), 7/27/1999 Tim Keegan (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Fillmore (San Francisco, California US), 7/28/1999 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cactus Café (Austin, Texas US), 10/23/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Echo Lounge (Atlanta, Georgia US), 10/25/1999 (Concert) (enter Tim)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Aladdin Theatre (Portland, Oregon US), 11/17/1999 (Concert) add Tim
Robyn Hitchcock: Amoeba Records (Hollywood, California US), 4/27/2002 (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, Canada), 7/24/2002 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Calgary Folk Music Festival (Calgary, Canada), 7/27/2002 Nick Lowe, Sleepy LaBeef, Lynn Miles (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, England UK), 3/2/2003 Tim Keegan, Kimberley Rew, Deni Bonet, Peter Blegvad, more (Concert) enter Deni, John, Peter, Morris
Robyn Hitchcock: Bottom Line (New York, New York US), 10/31/2003 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 11/17/2003 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 1/9/2004 Deni Bonet (Concert) with Deni Bonet
Robyn Hitchcock: Bluebird Café (Nashville, Tennessee US), 1/13/2004 Tim Keegan, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Kitty Kat Club (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 11/4/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Southpaw (Brooklyn, New York US), 3/25/2005 (Concert) w/ Deni Bonet

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