Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 5 records:

Storefront Hitchcock, 2000  (DVD)  MGM 908023
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:

When you take me
Into the field of glass and rain and then
You get me looking again
I say, "Caroline,
No need to spell it backwards
That's 'eniloraC'."
You say, "I'm not so sure
I am not me."

When you take me
Onto the lake of frozen storms, and then
You tell me as it gets cold
You get warm again
And then as you get warmer
You perform again
You heat me up and smile,
"I am not me."

So sha-la-la-la me
Oh, sha-la La-la me

When I take you
Into the chamber of the sun and then
You take me 'cause it's a deal
I say, "Caroline,
No need to be so naked
We've been introduced."
You say, "I'm not so sure.
I am not me."

So sha-la-la-la me
Oh, sha-la La-la me
Two, three, four


You say, "Get off my back,    7a
You say, "Don't turn your back  7b
You say, "What's your excuse?  25a


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Known to have been played live at 124 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
Big Star Records (Adelaide, Australia), 11/1/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Quattro (Tokyo, Japan), 11/10/1993 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ruvido Club (Bologna, Italy), 3/5/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Blob House (Bergamo, Italy), 3/7/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Jazz Cafe (Camden, England UK), 3/14/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Peter Curran Show, 3/18/1994 (Radio)
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) encore (electric)
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: 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: 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: Poor David's Pub (Dallas, Texas US), 3/16/1995 (Concert) (electric encore)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tin Angel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/25/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Tin Angel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/25/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Tin Angel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/26/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: WXPN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 3/26/1995 Deni Bonet (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/28/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/29/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) first encore
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: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 4/8/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert) (electric)
Robyn Hitchcock: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 4/8/1995 (Concert) encore (electric)
Robyn Hitchcock: Amherst College (Amherst, Massachusetts US), 4/9/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ark (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 4/14/1995 Deni Bonet (Concert)
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: Telford's Warehouse (Chester, England UK), 5/3/1995 (Concert) (electric)
Robyn Hitchcock: Citadel Arts Centre (St. Helens, England UK), 5/13/1995 (Concert) Electric….
Robyn Hitchcock: Union Chapel (Islington, England UK), 5/18/1995 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: All Saints Centre (Lewes, England UK), 6/17/1995 (Concert) (begin electric set)
Peter Himmelman: Belly Up Tavern (Solana Beach, California US), 9/21/1995 Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
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: Berbati's Pan (Portland, Oregon US), 9/27/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Backstage (Seattle, Washington US), 9/29/1995 (Concert) electric
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: Borderline (San Diego, California US), 12/8/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 12/27/1995 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 1/26/1996 (Concert)
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) (studio)
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/13/1996 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/20/1996 Homer (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: 12 Bar Club (London, England UK), 8/27/1996 (Concert) electric
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) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Nachtleben (Frankfurt, Germany), 10/7/1996 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Soda (Montreal, Canada), 10/24/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) (electric)
Robyn Hitchcock: Concert Hall (Toronto, Canada), 10/27/1996 Deni Bonet (Concert) (electric)
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) (electric)
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)
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) (electric)
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) (electric)
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: Bluebird Café (Nashville, Tennessee US), 2/22/1997 (Concert) electric
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), 2/25/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, North Carolina US), 3/3/1997 (Concert) encore 1
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) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Park West (Clifton Park, New York US), 3/8/1997 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Knitting Factory (New York, New York US), 3/12/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Santa Fe (Tivoli, New York US), 3/18/1997 w/ Dear Janes (Concert) electric
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)
Robyn Hitchcock: Wow Hall (Eugene, Oregon US), 6/5/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Backstage (Seattle, Washington US), 6/7/1997 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Boat Race (Cambridge, England UK), 7/17/1997 and Kimberley Rew (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington US), 8/30/1997 with Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, & Barret Martin (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Mean Fiddler (London, England UK), 12/9/1997 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Big Mama (Rome, Italy), 2/9/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bloom (Milano, Italy), 2/13/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Hotel du Nord (Paris, France), 6/28/1999 with Peter Blegvad and Syd Straw (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Fillmore (San Francisco, California US), 7/27/1999 Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Stubb's Bar B Q (Austin, Texas US), 8/7/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: New Daisy Theater (Memphis, Tennessee US), 8/10/1999 (Concert) (?)
Robyn Hitchcock: Masquerade (Atlanta, Georgia US), 8/11/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 8/13/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tramps (New York, New York US), 8/17/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Roxy (Boston, Massachusetts US), 8/20/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Agora Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio US), 8/22/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Storyville (Arezzo, Italy), 1/16/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Circolo Renfe (Ferrara, Italy), 1/21/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Vecchi Magazzini Gernali (Verona, Italy), 8/16/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The CLUNY (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England UK), 11/22/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bommens Salonger (Gothenburg, Sweden), 12/25/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh, Scotland UK), 8/4/2001 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Club Congress (Tucson, Arizona US), 3/13/2005 (Concert) {excerpt}

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