City of Shame Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
87

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Black Snake Diamond Role Robyn Hitchcock Armageddon Records Album 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 Album 1995
Uncorrected Personality Traits Robyn Hitchcock Rhino Records Album 1997
Inflatable Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock [none listed] Bootleg 2000
Inflatable Hitchcock 2 Robyn Hitchcock [none listed] Bootleg 2000
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Selections From the I Wanna Go Backwards Box Set Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Promo 2007

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
The Soft Boys Dingwalls London England UK 12/07/1980
The Soft Boys Hope & Anchor London England UK 01/23/1981
The Soft Boys Hope & Anchor London England UK 01/30/1981
The Soft Boys Golden Lion London England UK 02/08/1981
Robyn Hitchcock Onkel Pö Hamburg Germany 02/17/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Paradise Centre Reading England UK 06/02/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Norwich Arts Centre Norwich England UK 06/06/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Tower Records New York New York US 10/30/1986
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 05/10/1987
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 06/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 07/20/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Constitution Hall Washington DC US 07/21/1988
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 07/24/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 07/28/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's (Late show) Hoboken New Jersey US 09/22/1989
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 05/25/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Club de Wash Madison Wisconsin US 07/25/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Lounge Ax Chicago Illinois US 07/27/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Tramps New York New York US 10/03/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 10/11/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Jake's Bloomington Indiana US 10/19/1990
Robyn Hitchcock 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US 08/17/1991
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Magasinet Gothenburg Sweden 11/15/1991
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Park West Chicago Illinois US 06/17/1992
The Soft Boys Powerhaus London England UK 10/17/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Ritz New York New York US 05/19/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Keswick Theatre Glenside Pennsylvania US 05/21/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Fast Lane Asbury Park New Jersey US 05/22/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians BBC Radio 1 - Mark Radcliffe London England UK 11/15/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST) Manchester England UK 11/16/1993
Robyn Hitchcock Harpo's Victoria British Columbia Canada 09/30/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Spectrum Cabaret Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 10/09/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Lee's Palace Toronto Ontario Canada 10/12/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Dingwalls (Jongleurs) London England UK 03/02/1995
Robyn Hitchcock WYBC New Haven Connecticut US 04/05/1995
Robyn Hitchcock TT the Bear's Cambridge Massachusetts US 04/07/1995
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 01/19/1996
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 08/06/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Knitting Factory New York New York US 03/12/1997
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Cat's Cradle Carrboro North Carolina US 10/26/1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Fletcher's Baltimore Maryland US 10/27/1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Paradise Rock Club Boston Massachusetts US 10/30/1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 11/02/1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/11/1999
The Soft Boys Fletcher's Baltimore Maryland US 03/19/2001
The Soft Boys 9:30 Club Washington DC US 03/21/2001
The Soft Boys Richard's on Richards Vancouver British Columbia Canada 04/03/2001
The Soft Boys Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 04/04/2001
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 The Zodiac Oxford England UK 01/07/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Carling Academy London England UK 01/11/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Fleece and Firkin Bristol England UK 01/12/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Academy III Manchester England UK 01/13/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 BBC Radio 2 - Mark Lamarr London England UK 01/13/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 The Boardwalk Sheffield England UK 01/14/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US 03/21/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 World Café Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 03/26/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Knitting Factory New York New York US 03/28/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Debaser Stockholm Sweden 06/13/2007
Robyn Hitchcock Shank Hall Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/02/2007
Robyn Hitchcock Triple Door Seattle Washington US 11/29/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Doug Fir Lounge Portland Oregon US 12/01/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Irving Plaza New York New York US 04/11/2009
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 The Bell House New York New York US 06/11/2009
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Barby Club Tel Aviv Israel 03/24/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago Illinois US 10/13/2012
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Neptune Theatre Seattle Washington US 06/04/2013
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Caprichos de Apolo Barcelona Spain 06/19/2013
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sala El Sol Madrid Spain 06/22/2013
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Egersund Turnhallen Egersund Norway 07/05/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Egg Records Sydney New South Wales Australia 06/14/2014
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo Rough Trade Brooklyn New York New York US 02/28/2017
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo The Bowery Ballroom New York New York US 03/01/2017
Robyn Hitchcock The ArtsCenter Carrboro North Carolina US 05/14/2017
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo The Fillmore San Francisco California US 09/29/2017
Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo Regent Theatre Los Angeles California US 10/01/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Grace Emily Hotel Adelaide South Australia Australia 12/06/2017
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires Underground Arts Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 04/27/2018
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires Lincoln Theatre Washington DC US 04/28/2018
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires Club Academy Manchester England UK 05/11/2018
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires University London Union (ULU) London England UK 05/12/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Randy Now's Man Cave Bordentown New Jersey US 04/12/2019
Robyn Hitchcock Huichica - Walla Walla Waitsburg Washington US 09/14/2019
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 09/30/2020
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 09/01/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 03/16/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Private House Minneapolis Minnesota US 03/27/2023
Robyn Hitchcock The Common Room Newcastle upon Tyne England UK 09/03/2024

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

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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