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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 46 times, most recently at City Winery on October 24, 2024. He first performed it at Robyn and Emma's house on September 25, 2020, 4 years earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Shufflemania! Robyn Hitchcock Tiny Ghost Records Album 2022
Patreon 2023 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2023
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 09/25/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/27/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 11/11/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 11/13/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/10/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/03/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/24/2022
Venskaben Robyn Hitchcock Asker Norway 10/02/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/07/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/07/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/19/2022
The Lounge at World Café Live Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 11/03/2022
WFMU Give the Drummer Radio Robyn Hitchcock Jersey City New Jersey US 11/07/2022
Relix Media Group Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/08/2022
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/11/2022
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/12/2022
The Basement Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 11/16/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/21/2022
The Great American Folk Show Robyn Hitchcock Fargo North Dakota US 02/18/2023
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room Robyn Hitchcock Liverpool England UK 02/28/2023
Mono - Kings Court Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 03/01/2023
Whelan's Robyn Hitchcock Dublin Ireland 03/03/2023
Redwood Records Robyn Hitchcock Santa Cruz California US 03/22/2023
KCSN - The SoCal Sound Robyn Hitchcock Northridge California US 03/24/2023
89.3 The Current Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 03/28/2023
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 03/29/2023
Music Box Supper Club Robyn Hitchcock Cleveland Ohio US 03/30/2023
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 04/01/2023
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 04/02/2023
The Betsey Trotwood Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/01/2023
Mid Sussex Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Hassocks England UK 09/03/2023
Ludlow Assembly Rooms Robyn Hitchcock Ludlow England UK 09/08/2023
3TEN Austin City Limits Live Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 01/18/2024
The Kessler Theater Robyn Hitchcock Dallas Texas US 01/20/2024
Lulu's Downstairs Robyn Hitchcock Manitou Springs Colorado US 01/25/2024
Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Robyn Hitchcock Denver Colorado US 01/26/2024
The Grey Eagle Robyn Hitchcock Asheville North Carolina US 04/16/2024
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 04/17/2024
BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 04/27/2024
Cedar Cultural Center Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/02/2024
Komedia Bath Robyn Hitchcock Bath England UK 09/05/2024
The Portland Arms Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 09/06/2024
Oxted United Reformed Church Robyn Hitchcock Oxted England UK 09/08/2024
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock Brighton England UK 09/11/2024
Ramsgate Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Ramsgate England UK 09/12/2024
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 10/24/2024

Comments

From Robyn on Patreon in 2023
Scorpio is the most intriguing sign of the Zodiac: it’s the house of spies, detectives, surgeons and psychologists - it’s where the secrets live. So it’s not always the most demonstrative: the Scorpio will carry on with their quotidian existence until out come their pincers and up goes their tail. They may sting you, and they may sting themselves - that’s the ferocious reveal.

I was watching a TV crime drama a few years ago and noted the intensity of the lead actor: you could feel the emotions fermenting in their head, yet they never said very much. When I looked them up on Google, it was no surprise to find they were a Scorpio. Actors and secrets go well together - a compartmentalised existence where your life proceeds in separate chambers until, with a burst of thunder and a lightning jab, they burst into each other. Viva!

Lyrics

I don’t know many actors
Or what an actor knows
All I do is wonder
All I do is ponder
The inner life of Scorpio

No I don’t know many actors
But when I get to shows
I marvel from the circle
Or I marvel from the cheap seats
At the inner life of Scorpio

It’s hard to read an actor
They’re a book that’s quick to close
But nobody’s escaping
No nobody’s escaping
The inner life of Scorpio
The inner life of Scorpio

The ripple on the surface
Shows how deep the feelings go
It racks their very being
It rocks their way of seeing
It’s the inner life of Scorpio

You’ve got such an inner life
Oh you’ve got such an inner life baby
You’ve got such an inner life yeah
Ooooh
Ooooh

Like every dream companion
They’ll sting you on the nose
It’s some kind of voodoo
They hurt more than you do
It’s the inner life of Scorpio
The inner life of Scorpio