Filthy Bird Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 26 times, most recently at Robyn and Emma's house on June 29, 2022. He first performed it at St. James Church Crypt on July 14, 1994, 27 years and 11 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Moss Elixir Robyn Hitchcock Warner Brothers Album 1996
Storefront Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock Warner Bros. Album 1997
Moss Elixir/Mossy Liquor Robyn Hitchcock Wounded Bird Album 2010
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
St. James Church Crypt Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/14/1994
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 09/16/1994
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 09/16/1994
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 09/17/1994
The Coach House Robyn Hitchcock San Juan Capistrano California US 09/18/1994
Tin Angel Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 03/26/1995
TT the Bear's Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge Massachusetts US 04/08/1995
Mercury Lounge Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 10/06/1995
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/17/1996
Club Soda Robyn Hitchcock Montreal Quebec Canada 10/24/1996
Vic Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 10/30/1996
First Avenue Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/01/1996
eTown Radio Show, Boulder Theater Robyn Hitchcock Boulder Colorado US 11/03/1996
Warfield Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 11/08/1996
El Rey Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 11/10/1996
Beacon Theatre Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/15/1996
Avalon Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 11/16/1996
Mountain Stage Robyn Hitchcock Charleston West Virginia US 11/17/1996
The Met Café Robyn Hitchcock Providence Rhode Island US 12/05/1996
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 12/06/1996
Storefront Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 12/10/1996
Knitting Factory Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 03/14/1997
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 01/09/2004
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 09/30/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Davey Lane London England UK 06/29/2022

Lyrics

Look at the cloud above the bus stop
It's in the shape of you and I
Swarming around us in an ever-shifting circle
In the sky

Look at me down there on the viaduct
Covered in grease and lime and scales
Murmuring, "Thank you, thank you" to the Romsey gravel
And the gales

Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird

Soaring away above the chessboard
Many's the eagle on the wing
Checking their instruments before they bomb the children
As they sing ("There's a place for everything")

Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird

Splash my cold enamel with blood
A rendezvous with stone will leave you bleeding
Step by step I set your face in stone

Aaaaah

Look at the massacre on cable
But you know it won't happen here
We're all too busy watching massacres on cable
Oh yeah

Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird
Oooh, a happy bird is a filthy bird

<Notes>
Romsey: an English town known for its quarry