The Authority Box Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 42 times, most recently at Tower Theatre on June 06, 2009. He first performed it at FAB on October 07, 2006, 2 years and 7 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Olé! Tarantula Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Yep Roc Records Album 2006
Sex, Food, Death... and Insects Robyn Hitchcock A&E Home Video Video 2008
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
FAB Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tokyo Japan 10/07/2006
Vingt Et Un: Tokyo Bay Cruise Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tokyo Japan 10/10/2006
The Basement Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sydney New South Wales Australia 10/18/2006
The Key Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 West Hollywood California US 10/27/2006
Metro Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Chicago Illinois US 11/08/2006
The Magic Bag Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Ferndale Michigan US 11/09/2006
The Mod Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Toronto Ontario Canada 11/10/2006
Beachland Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Cleveland Ohio US 11/12/2006
Sellersville Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sellersville Pennsylvania US 11/14/2006
Hiro Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 New York New York US 11/17/2006
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Hoboken New Jersey US 11/18/2006
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 11/19/2006
Ottobar Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Baltimore Maryland US 11/20/2006
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Brighton England UK 01/05/2007
The Zodiac Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Oxford England UK 01/07/2007
Carling Academy Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 London England UK 01/11/2007
Fleece and Firkin Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Bristol England UK 01/12/2007
Academy III Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Manchester England UK 01/13/2007
The Boardwalk Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sheffield England UK 01/14/2007
World Café Live Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 03/26/2007
Knitting Factory Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 New York New York US 03/28/2007
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Northampton Massachusetts US 03/29/2007
TT the Bear's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Cambridge Massachusetts US 03/30/2007
Doug Fir Lounge Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Portland Oregon US 04/07/2007
Club Congress Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tucson Arizona US 04/14/2007
Wychwood Festival Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Cheltenham England UK 06/01/2007
Paradiso Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Amsterdam Netherlands 06/10/2007
Tivoli de Helling Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Utrecht Netherlands 06/11/2007
Debaser Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Stockholm Sweden 06/13/2007
Doug Fir Lounge Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Portland Oregon US 12/01/2007
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 03/21/2009
The Annandale Hotel Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sydney New South Wales Australia 03/25/2009
Antone's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Austin Texas US 04/03/2009
Granada Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Dallas Texas US 04/04/2009
Exit/In Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Nashville Tennessee US 04/06/2009
Variety Playhouse Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Atlanta Georgia US 04/07/2009
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Carrboro North Carolina US 04/08/2009
Black Cat Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Washington DC US 04/09/2009
Johnny Brenda's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 04/10/2009
The Varsity Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/19/2009
Tower Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Upper Darby Pennsylvania US 06/06/2009

Lyrics

The Authority Box
and the headgrenade
Love is in the blade
Noone ever touches
Everybody watches everyone

When the spoilt child
Hits middle age
Wants to turn the page
The page is stuck with blood
And you know whose blood it is
'That will do nicely'
Step this way sir
After you'

I call your name
but you don't hear me
I call your name
But you're nowhere near me anyway

Sweet 53
My pink is red
Unscrew my head
Failure rips into my 'you're too old for this'
With your vanity on
So dual key
So freedom fries
So Texas vow
You and your wife have teeth alive, now haven't you?
Figure I know your love is nothing personal

I call your name
But you don't hear me anyway

When the sun goes down
I'm a lonely boy
with a lonely kiss
Say what you like about this
But I'll never ever bother you

I'm stepping out of my disease
with a CEO and a budget horn
You just married a guy who didn't know it yet
Nothing wrong with failure
Everybody does it

Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Ah fuck me I'm a trolley bus
Yeah fuck me--I'm a trolley bus
Whoah fuck me--I'm a trolley bus