The Afterlight Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 26 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on December 24, 2024. He first performed it at Loppen on July 04, 2006, 18 years and 5 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Sex, Food, Death... and Tarantulas Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 Yep Roc Album 2007
Sex, Food, Death... and Insects Robyn Hitchcock A&E Home Video Video 2008
Propellor Time Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sartorial Records Album 2010
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Loppen Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Copenhagen Denmark 07/04/2006
Rockefeller Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Oslo Norway 07/06/2006
Daikanyama: Bob Dylan Summit Robyn Hitchcock Tokyo Japan 10/09/2006
The Basement Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sydney New South Wales Australia 10/18/2006
Sellersville Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sellersville Pennsylvania US 11/14/2006
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 11/19/2006
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
The Zodiac Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Oxford England UK 01/07/2007
Fleece and Firkin Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Bristol England UK 01/12/2007
KUT Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 03/16/2007
Smith's Olde Bar Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Atlanta Georgia US 03/20/2007
40 Watt Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Athens Georgia US 03/21/2007
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Carrboro North Carolina US 03/23/2007
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
Spaceland Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Los Angeles California US 04/12/2007
Handelsbeurs Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Gent Belgium 06/09/2007
Tivoli de Helling Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Utrecht Netherlands 06/11/2007
Debaser Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Stockholm Sweden 06/13/2007
Blend Bar Robyn Hitchcock Ridgewood New Jersey US 07/12/2008
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 09/25/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/18/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/28/2022
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 12/24/2024

Lyrics

It’s a down beat, the beat comes down
And rides the Monarch out of town
The Monarch is a butterfly who’s built the same as you and I
He wears blue jeans with a wine belly
He’s secreting royal jelly
Which his consort loves to cook
And then they peer in the cooking book

I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight

Everyone is made of meat
They’re full of life and life is sweet
Sweet as honey to the bear
He'll tear you into bits of hair
And if they cut him open after
He has eaten all your laughter

I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight

Hello tiny madam, can I comfort you tonight
When the priest has gone? Oh, right -

I’m gonna see you in the afterlife, a-hooo

Welcome to our living room
Where the iguanas loom
They gaze out at the giant leaves
Magnolias that brush the eaves
It’s always coming to an end
It’s always dark around the bend
But I will stay with you beyond
Everything that’s been and gone…

I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight

Hello tiny madam, can I comfort you tonight?
With the tiny world so bright -

I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight
I’m gonna see you in the afterlight a-hoo
A-hooo