What You Is Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 48 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on December 11, 2024. He first performed it at Handelsbeurs on June 09, 2007, 17 years and 6 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Goodnight Oslo Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Yep Roc Records Album 2009
KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 17 Various KGSR Compilation 2009
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Handelsbeurs Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Gent Belgium 06/09/2007
Paradiso Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Amsterdam Netherlands 06/10/2007
Debaser Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Stockholm Sweden 06/13/2007
End of the Road Festival Robyn Hitchcock Tollard Royal England UK 09/14/2007
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 11/29/2007
Doug Fir Lounge Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Portland Oregon US 12/01/2007
World Café Live Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 07/18/2008
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 11/15/2008
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
Corner Hotel Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Melbourne Victoria Australia 03/27/2009
KGSR Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Austin Texas US 04/03/2009
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
WRAS 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
Irving Plaza Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 New York New York US 04/11/2009
The Magic Bag Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Ferndale Michigan US 04/17/2009
Logan Square Auditorium Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Chicago Illinois US 04/18/2009
The Varsity Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/19/2009
89.3 The Current Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 04/20/2009
WFUV Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 06/05/2009
Tower Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Upper Darby Pennsylvania US 06/06/2009
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Annapolis Maryland US 06/07/2009
Bank Of America Pavilion Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Boston Massachusetts US 06/09/2009
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Manchester Tennessee US 06/13/2009
Spaceland Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Los Angeles California US 10/06/2009
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 10/10/2009
Barby Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tel Aviv Israel 03/24/2012
Sala El Sol Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Madrid Spain 06/22/2013
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 01/28/2014
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/06/2022
The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 04/20/2022
White Rabbit Cabaret Robyn Hitchcock Indianapolis Indiana US 04/22/2022
The Burl Robyn Hitchcock Lexington Kentucky US 04/23/2022
The Southgate House Revival Robyn Hitchcock Newport Kentucky US 04/24/2022
Unknown Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 05/18/2022
HIPNIC Robyn Hitchcock Big Sur California US 05/21/2022
Starline Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Oakland California US 05/22/2022
Azkena Rock Festival Robyn Hitchcock & Los del Huevos Band Vitoria-Gasteiz Álava Spain 06/18/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 06/22/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/14/2022
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 08/12/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 12/11/2024

Lyrics

You might have been a villain
With a capital V
You might have had a plane to catch
And left your family

It doesn't matter what you was
It's what you is
And what you is
Is what you are

You might have been a midwife
Trying to help somebody in
You might have been a Cardinal
With an A to Zed of skin

Open up your window...
...honey let me in

You might have been Columbia
Releasing orange 45s
(Hot As Steeeeeeeel)
You might have been the empress bee
In her furry little hive
(Buzz Buzz)

All the other bees:
It doesn't matter what you was
It's what you is
And what you is
Is what you are

Well you've got to come from somewhere
But you don't have to go back there...
...anymore

Hey!

You might have been the police
Knock knock knocking at the door
You might have been a nice young man
On a nice young floor

It doesn't matter what you was
It's what you is
And what you is
Is what you are

One more, yeah

It doesn't matter what you was
It's what you is
And what you is
Is what you are

You might be looking innocent
Mmmm...deep inside you're not
You might be feeling guilty
Just a little not a lot

It doesn't matter what you was
It's what you is
And what you is
Is what you are

Yeah!

Hey...hey, hey
Hey...hey, hey
Hey...hey, hey
Hey, hey