The Asking Tree

Title	Artist	Label	Type	Year
Black Snake Diamond Role	Robyn Hitchcock	Armageddon Records	Authorized	1981
Give It To The Thoth Boys	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians		Fan Club release	1993
Catalog Sampler	Robyn Hitchcock (& the Egyptians)	Rhino Records	Promo	1994
Robyn Hitchcock	Robyn Hitchcock	Sequel Records	Authorized	1995
Uncorrected Personality Traits	Robyn Hitchcock	Rhino Records	Authorized	1997
Inflatable Hitchcock	Robyn Hitchcock	[none listed]	Unauthorized	2000
Inflatable Hitchcock 2	Robyn Hitchcock	[none listed]	Unauthorized	2000
I Wanna Go Backwards	Robyn Hitchcock	Yep Roc	Authorized	2007
Selections From the I Wanna Go Backwards Box Set	Robyn Hitchcock	Yep Roc	Promo	2007

Gigs

Billed As	Venue	City	State	Country	Date
Robyn Hitchcock	Ronnie Scott's	London	England	UK	June 05, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock	Great American Music Hall	San Francisco	California	US	July 28, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Hackney Empire	London	England	UK	February 17, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock	McCabe's	Santa Monica	California	US	May 25, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock	Onkel Po's	Hamburg		Germany	February 17, 1985
The Soft Boys	The Greyhound	London	England	UK	February 08, 1981
Robyn Hitchcock	Knitting Factory	New York	New York	US	March 12, 1997
Robyn Hitchcock	12 Bar Club	London	England	UK	January 19, 1996
Robyn Hitchcock	WYBC	New Haven	Connecticut	US	April 05, 1995
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	The Ritz	New York	New York	US	May 19, 1993
The Soft Boys	Powerhaus	London	England	UK	October 17, 1992
Robyn Hitchcock	40 Watt Club	Athens	Georgia	US	August 17, 1991
Robyn Hitchcock	Lounge Axe	Chicago	Illinois	US	July 27, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock	BBC	London	England	UK	November 15, 1993
Robyn Hitchcock	Spectrum Cabaret	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	October 09, 1994
Robyn Hitchcock	Maxwell's	Hoboken	New Jersey	US	September 22, 1989
Robyn Hitchcock	Maxwell's	Hoboken	New Jersey	US	July 20, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock	Jake's	Bloomington	Indiana	US	October 19, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock	9:30 Club	Washington	DC	US	July 24, 1988
Robyn Hitchcock	Constitution Hall	Washington	DC	US	July 21, 1988
The Soft Boys	Hope & Anchor	London	England	UK	January 23, 1981
Robyn Hitchcock	Iron Horse	Northampton	Massachusetts	US	October 11, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Park West	Chicago	Illinois	US	June 17, 1992
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA	Cat's Cradle	Carrboro	North Carolina	US	October 26, 1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA	Fletcher's	Baltimore	Maryland	US	October 27, 1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA	Paradise Rock Club	Boston	Massachusetts	US	October 30, 1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA	Maxwell's	Hoboken	New Jersey	US	November 02, 1999
The Soft Boys	Hope & Anchor	London	England	UK	January 30, 1981
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Paradise Centre	Reading	England	UK	June 02, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock	Tramps	New York	New York	US	October 03, 1990
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Keswick Theatre	Glenside	Pennsylvania	US	May 21, 1993
The Soft Boys	Fletcher's	Baltimore	Maryland	US	March 19, 2001
The Soft Boys	9:30 Club	Washington	DC	US	March 21, 2001
The Soft Boys	Richard's on Richards	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	April 03, 2001
The Soft Boys	Crocodile Café	Seattle	Washington	US	April 04, 2001
Robyn Hitchcock	12 Bar Club	London	England	UK	August 06, 1996
Robyn Hitchcock	Ronnie Scott's	London	England	UK	May 10, 1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Fastlane Club	Asbury Park	New Jersey	US	May 22, 1993
Robyn Hitchcock	Doug Fir Lounge	Portland	Oregon	US	December 01, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	The Zodiac	Oxford	England	UK	January 07, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	World Café Live	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	US	March 26, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Knitting Factory	New York	New York	US	March 28, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock	Shank Hall	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	US	November 02, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Carling Academy	Islington	England	UK	January 11, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Fleece and Firkin	Bristol	England	UK	January 12, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr	London	England	UK	January 13, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Manchester University	Manchester	England	UK	January 13, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Debaser	Stockholm		Sweden	June 13, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock	Huichica - Walla Walla	Waitsburg	Washington	US	September 14, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift	Robyn and Emma's house	London	England	UK	September 30, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	The Neptune	Seattle	Washington	US	June 04, 2013
Robyn Hitchcock	Egg Records	Sydney	New South Wales	Australia	June 14, 2014
Robyn Hitchcock	The ArtsCenter	Carrboro	North Carolina	US	May 14, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo	Regent Theatre	Los Angeles	California	US	October 01, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires	Underground Arts	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	US	April 27, 2018
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Caprichos de Apolo	Barcelona		Spain	June 19, 2013
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	[unknown venue]	Norwich	England	UK	June 06, 1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Visefestival	Egersund		Norway	July 05, 2013
Robyn Hitchcock	Grace Emily Hotel	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	December 06, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA	First Avenue	Minneapolis	Minnesota	US	November 11, 1999
Robyn Hitchcock	Randy Now's Man Cave	Bordentown	New Jersey	US	April 12, 2019
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires	O2 Academy Manchester	Manchester	England	UK	May 11, 2018
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo	The Fillmore	San Francisco	California	US	September 29, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo	The Bowery Ballroom	New York	New York	US	March 01, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo	Rough Trade Brooklyn	New York	New York	US	February 28, 2017
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires	Lincoln Theatre	Washington	DC	US	April 28, 2018
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	40 Watt Club	Athens	Georgia	US	March 21, 2007
Robyn Hitchcock	Old Town School of Folk Music	Chicago	Illinois	US	October 13, 2012
Robyn Hitchcock	Robyn and Emma's house	London	England	UK	September 01, 2021
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Sala El Sol	Madrid		Spain	June 22, 2013
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires	University London Union (ULU)	London	England	UK	May 12, 2018
The Soft Boys	Dingwalls	London	England	UK	December 07, 1980
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Barby Club	Tel Aviv		Israel	March 24, 2012
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	Irving Plaza	New York	New York	US	April 11, 2009
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3	The Bell House	New York	New York	US	June 11, 2009

Lyrics

It was in the City of Shame
That I found I wasn't to blame
I was looking for a weird thing to do
I discovered that it had to be you

It was in the City of Fear
That I shouted 'Is there nobody here?'
Though the echo had the name on a ring
Still the echo wasn't called anything

La la la la-la-la-la
La la la la-la-la-la
La la la la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la la-la la

It was in the City of Love
All the flesh I et was never enough
Though I knew it wasn't good for my soul
My body hungered for the ultimate goal

It was in the City of Spies
That I spoke with nothing but lies
When they set a trap for all you could feel
It's important that your mind is concealed

La la la la-la-la-la
La la la la-la-la-la
La la la la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la la-la la-la

It was in the City of Shapes
That she made love to several apes
She felt weird for a couple of days
Pretty soon she got used to their ways

It was in the City of Fools
That she sold her beautiful jewels
Someone bought them and sold them again
Now they've been bought by several men

la la la la-la-la
la la la-la
la la la la-la-la
la la la-la
la la la la la-la-la
la la la-la
la la la la la-la-la
la la la-la

<Alternates>
She felt weird for a couple of hours               27a
She cheered up when they brought her some flowers  28a
In the City of Shame   34.1a
In the City of Shame   36.1a
In the City of Shame   38.1a

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