Executioner Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 32 times, most recently at Robyn and Emma's house on June 22, 2022. He first performed it at 9:30 Club on July 24, 1988, 33 years and 10 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Eye Robyn Hitchcock Twin/Tone; Glass Fish Records Album 1990
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
9:30 Club Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 07/24/1988
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 07/29/1988
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 07/30/1988
Maxwell's (Late show) Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 09/22/1989
Maxwell's (Early show) Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 09/22/1989
Slim's Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 10/05/1989
The Birchmere Robyn Hitchcock Alexandria Virginia US 04/23/1990
Flood Zone Robyn Hitchcock Richmond Virginia US 04/24/1990
Trax Robyn Hitchcock Charlottesville Virginia US 04/25/1990
Cat's Cradle (Chapel Hill NC) Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 04/27/1990
Greenstreets Robyn Hitchcock Columbia South Carolina US 04/28/1990
The Point Robyn Hitchcock Atlanta Georgia US 04/30/1990
40 Watt Club Robyn Hitchcock Athens Georgia US 05/04/1990
Jake's Robyn Hitchcock Bloomington Indiana US 10/19/1990
The Three Kings Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/01/1995
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 11/07/2002
Slim's Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 11/17/2011
The Bell House Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/19/2011
St. Leonard's Church Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/26/2011
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 01/21/2012
Ozen Bar Robyn Hitchcock Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 03/22/2012
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 10/13/2012
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/18/2017
The Chapel Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 03/03/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 06/24/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 06/26/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 09/23/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 08/29/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/06/2022
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 04/16/2022
Starline Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Oakland California US 05/22/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 06/22/2022

Lyrics

Don't wait up any longer
I'm not coming home
You know you're always stronger
When you're on you're own
You said the sweetest things
That's what you said
Here's a relationship
With a gun to its head

I'm the executioner of love

Our love has been found guilty
Our love is turning bad
Before I pass the sentence
Have you anything to add?
It wasn't easy but
It wasn't fun
But when you start these things
See what you've done

You're the executioner of love
You're the executioner

Your childhood is over
There's nowhere you can hide
There's nowhere you can hide
There's nowhere you can hide

It crawls toward you bleeding
Begging for a kiss
Even if you don't mean it
It's only just a kiss
I know how Judas felt
But he got paid
I'm doing this for free
Just like Live Aid

I'm the executioner of love
I'm the executioner of love
I'm the executioner of love