Dismal City Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 73 times, most recently at Private House on March 27, 2023. He first performed it at Largo at the Coronet - Little Room on March 31, 2011, 11 years and 11 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Tromsø, Kaptein Robyn Hitchcock Hype City Recordings Album 2011
Live At Yep Roc 15 Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Internet 2020
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Largo at the Coronet - Little Room Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 03/31/2011
Largo at the Coronet Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 04/01/2011
Teatro Civico Robyn Hitchcock Dalmine Italy 04/15/2011
Auditorium Flaiano Robyn Hitchcock Pescara Italy 04/18/2011
Bastard Bar Robyn Hitchcock Tromsø Norway 04/30/2011
Big Dipper Robyn Hitchcock Oslo Norway 05/04/2011
Firestation Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Windsor England UK 06/02/2011
Concerts In The Studio Robyn Hitchcock Freehold New Jersey US 11/20/2011
Teatro Lara Son Estrella Galicia Robyn Hitchcock Madrid Spain 02/22/2012
End Of The Road Festival Robyn Hitchcock Tollard Royal England UK 09/01/2012
Samsung Studio Robyn Hitchcock Buenos Aires Argentina 09/28/2012
Musical Instrument Museum Robyn Hitchcock Phoenix Arizona US 10/04/2012
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 10/11/2012
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/12/2012
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 10/14/2012
Doug Fir Lounge Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Portland Oregon US 10/25/2012
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 10/29/2012
Porgy & Bess Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Austria 11/24/2012
BBC 6 Music - Gideon Coe Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/21/2013
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 03/02/2013
South Street Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 03/09/2013
The Thekla Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 03/10/2013
Main & The Jr Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 03/13/2013
Oliver Spencer Menswear Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/20/2013
The Lantern Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 11/08/2013
Band on the Wall Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 11/12/2013
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Robyn Hitchcock Ponte Vedra Beach Florida US 01/25/2014
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 01/29/2014
The Melting Point Robyn Hitchcock Athens Georgia US 01/30/2014
Cat's Cradle Back Room Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 02/05/2014
Headliners Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Louisville Kentucky US 02/20/2014
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 02/22/2014
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock Annapolis Maryland US 02/25/2014
Stage on Herr at Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Harrisburg Pennsylvania US 02/26/2014
The Gov Robyn Hitchcock & Steve Kilbey Adelaide South Australia Australia 04/25/2014
The Metro Robyn Hitchcock & Steve Kilbey Sydney New South Wales Australia 05/10/2014
The Newsagency Emma Swift & Chris Pickering + special guest Sydney New South Wales Australia 06/07/2014
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 06/20/2014
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/12/2014
The Bell House Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival New York New York US 09/20/2014
Hermon Chapel Arts Centre Robyn Hitchcock Oswestry England UK 10/03/2014
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 10/06/2014
Electric Circus Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 10/19/2014
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/01/2014
Arts at the Armory Robyn Hitchcock Somerville Massachusetts US 11/12/2014
The Ark Robyn Hitchcock Ann Arbor Michigan US 11/20/2014
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Robyn Hitchcock Houston Texas US 02/06/2015
KUTX Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 02/07/2015
High Noon Saloon Robyn Hitchcock Madison Wisconsin US 02/23/2015
Shank Hall Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 02/24/2015
Jamboree Robyn Hitchcock Barcelona Spain 04/30/2015
Umberslade Estate Robyn Hitchcock Tanworth In Arden England UK 06/07/2015
The Southgate House Revival-Sanctuary Robyn Hitchcock Newport Kentucky US 09/23/2015
The Trades Club Robyn Hitchcock Hebden Bridge England UK 11/01/2015
South Orange Performing Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock South Orange New Jersey US 01/30/2016
The Grand Victory Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 04/03/2016
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room Robyn Hitchcock Liverpool England UK 10/22/2016
Festival Place Robyn Hitchcock Sherwood Park Alberta Canada 03/25/2018
Kingskerswell Parish Church Robyn Hitchcock Newton Abbot England UK 05/29/2018
Columbus Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Providence Rhode Island US 11/17/2018
Michael's On Main Robyn Hitchcock Soquel California US 12/29/2018
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/06/2019
Caffe Lena Robyn Hitchcock Saratoga Springs New York US 04/14/2019
The Crescent Robyn Hitchcock York England UK 05/08/2019
Monarch Tavern Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 06/24/2019
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 08/26/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 12/30/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 05/05/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 05/07/2021
Stoughton Opera House Robyn Hitchcock Stoughton Wisconsin US 04/19/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/10/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/21/2022
Private House Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 03/27/2023

Lyrics

Give me a rainy, grey, drizzly day
I feel okay when the skies are grey
Like a bullfrog in the reeds
A tiny pulse is all I need

Dismal city
That's where I belong
Dismal city
It's got it going on

Your idea of fun's not mine
I like to go where the sun don't shine
Sunlight falls it's much too harsh
I'd rather bloat in a cool dank marsh

Dismal city
That's where I belong
Dismal city
It's right here in this song

Through the endless grey parade
Of terraced houses in the shade
To the statues in the park
Where moss grows in the dark
Dismal city
That's where I belong

Plump & round on a lilipad
I think of you and I ain't half glad
Too much brightness is a blight
Twilight's where I feel alright

Dismal city
That's where I belong
Dismal city
I love it when it all goes wrong

England is a dismal place
Woah oh-oh oh-oh
I've got England on my face
Woah oh-oh oh-oh

Don't get too big for your boots
And don't stray too far from your roots
Negative, not moi, you know
I need someplace to go

Dismal city
That's where I belong
Dismal city
I love it when it all goes wrong
Dismal city
It's got it going on
Dismal city
That's where I belong
Oh yeah