San Francisco Patrol Releases Gigs Lyrics Comments

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 70 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on November 20, 2024. He first performed it at Panciuto on February 04, 2014, 10 years and 9 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
The Man Upstairs Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2014
Sawyer Sessions Various Yep Roc Records Compilation 2015
Patreon 2021 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2021
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Panciuto Robyn Hitchcock Hillsborough North Carolina US 02/04/2014
Cat's Cradle Back Room Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 02/05/2014
Rough Trade East Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/30/2014
The Lantern Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 10/02/2014
Hermon Chapel Arts Centre Robyn Hitchcock Oswestry England UK 10/03/2014
St John The Evangelist Robyn Hitchcock Oxford England UK 10/04/2014
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock Annapolis Maryland US 11/08/2014
World Café Live Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 11/09/2014
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/10/2014
Arts at the Armory Robyn Hitchcock Somerville Massachusetts US 11/12/2014
Iron Horse Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 11/13/2014
Club Cafe Robyn Hitchcock Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/16/2014
Music Box Supper Club Robyn Hitchcock Cleveland Ohio US 11/19/2014
The Ark Robyn Hitchcock Ann Arbor Michigan US 11/20/2014
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/21/2014
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 11/22/2014
WXPN - World Café Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 12/09/2014
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Robyn Hitchcock Houston Texas US 02/06/2015
The Kessler Theater Robyn Hitchcock Dallas Texas US 02/08/2015
Workplay Theater Robyn Hitchcock Birmingham Alabama US 02/12/2015
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 02/22/2015
Shank Hall Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 02/24/2015
WOW Hall Robyn Hitchcock Eugene Oregon US 03/17/2015
Great American Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 03/19/2015
Club Manufaktur Robyn Hitchcock Schorndorf Germany 04/22/2015
Teatro del Arte Robyn Hitchcock Madrid Spain 04/28/2015
Loco Club Robyn Hitchcock Valencia Spain 04/29/2015
Jamboree Robyn Hitchcock Barcelona Spain 04/30/2015
Band on the Wall Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 06/02/2015
BBC 6 Music - Marc Riley Robyn Hitchcock Salford England UK 06/02/2015
Mono Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 06/08/2015
Brudenell Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Leeds England UK 06/09/2015
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/20/2015
Aladdin Theater Robyn Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 03/06/2016
The Biltmore Theater Robyn Hitchcock Vancouver British Columbia Canada 03/10/2016
Arden Gild Hall Robyn Hitchcock Arden Delaware US 03/18/2016
Cafe Nine Robyn Hitchcock New Haven Connecticut US 03/25/2016
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/07/2016
3TEN Austin City Limits Live Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 11/11/2016
The Kessler Theater Robyn Hitchcock Dallas Texas US 11/13/2016
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Robyn Hitchcock Houston Texas US 11/15/2016
Stoughton Opera House Robyn Hitchcock Stoughton Wisconsin US 11/18/2016
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/19/2016
Jammin Java Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Virginia US 05/10/2017
Don Quixote's International Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Felton California US 06/11/2017
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 06/17/2017
Veterans Memorial Auditorium Robyn Hitchcock Grass Valley California US 07/23/2017
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/21/2017
The Globe Robyn Hitchcock Cardiff Wales UK 11/05/2017
Bluebird Café Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Case & Kevn Kinney Nashville Tennessee US 05/02/2018
Saigon Craft Bar and Grill Robyn Hitchcock Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 12/13/2018
Michael's On Main Robyn Hitchcock Soquel California US 12/29/2018
The Barns at Wolf Trap Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Virginia US 04/11/2019
One Longfellow Square Robyn Hitchcock Portland Maine US 04/19/2019
Clwb Ifor Bach Robyn Hitchcock Cardiff Wales UK 10/30/2019
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/13/2019
WXNA "Songs on the Wire" Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 12/03/2019
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 04/17/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 07/24/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 09/02/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 12/04/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 02/12/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/15/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/10/2021
Off Broadway Robyn Hitchcock St. Louis Missouri US 04/13/2022
The Southgate House Revival Robyn Hitchcock Newport Kentucky US 04/24/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/27/2022
Virgin Hotels, Nashville Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 07/28/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 03/08/2023
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 11/20/2024

Comments

Notes from Robyn on Patreon in 2021

SAN FRANCISCO PATROL started life in the Phoenix Hotel, a groover’s bubble in the mediæval wastes of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. I was watching a lady in a bright red dress gliding out of the lobby, which triggered a host of romantic memories. It’s not hard to weave San Francisco into your personal mythology if you spend time there - though the myth and the reality split further apart every year. Maybe that’s what myths are for: to coat the spikes of life with a honeydew patina.

Lyrics

Can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
Nothing lasts forever, no love can be true
I can't take my eyes off you

I'm talking to myself
As if I were someone else
I'm not listening, you know I never do
I can't take my eyes off you

Fillmore and Haight and Fell
I know the streets so well
Geary, Hayes, O'Farrell, Polk and Larkin too
I can't take my eyes off you

(I can't take my eyes off you)
(I can't take my eyes off you)

Who are we staking out?
What is this life about?
Watching out for someone but you don't know who
I can't take my eyes off you
Can't take my eyes off you