He's a Reptile Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 32 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on March 12, 2025. He first performed it at Hope & Anchor on September 30, 1979, 45 years and 5 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Album 1980
Invisible Hits The Soft Boys Midnight Music Album 1983
He's A Reptile The Soft Boys Midnight Music Single 1983
The Soft Boys 1976-1981 The Soft Boys Rykodisc Album 1993
12 x 7: All the Soft Boys Certify Insane The Soft Boys Bootleg 2008
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 09/30/1979
The Three Kings The Soft Boys London England UK 03/11/2001
Unknown Hotel The Soft Boys Austin Texas US 03/17/2001
Austin Music Hall The Soft Boys Austin Texas US 03/17/2001
Theatre of Living Arts The Soft Boys Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 03/20/2001
9:30 Club The Soft Boys Washington DC US 03/21/2001
Paradise Rock Club The Soft Boys Boston Massachusetts US 03/26/2001
Metro The Soft Boys Chicago Illinois US 03/30/2001
Crocodile Café The Soft Boys Seattle Washington US 04/04/2001
Largo The Soft Boys Los Angeles California US 04/11/2001
Pavilion Theatre The Soft Boys Brighton England UK 04/20/2001
La Scuderia The Soft Boys Bologna Italy 01/15/2003
Jux Tap The Soft Boys Sarzana Italy 01/16/2003
Teatro Toscanini The Soft Boys Chiari Italy 01/18/2003
Fleece and Firkin The Soft Boys Bristol England UK 01/26/2003
The Zodiac The Soft Boys Oxford England UK 01/27/2003
Boat Race The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/29/2003
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Carrboro North Carolina US 04/08/2009
Black Cat Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Washington DC US 04/09/2009
The Tote Robyn Hitchcock's New Melbournian Softest of the Soft Boys Melbourne Victoria Australia 12/20/2016
Rough Trade Brooklyn Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo New York New York US 02/28/2017
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo New York New York US 03/01/2017
The Fillmore Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo San Francisco California US 09/29/2017
Regent Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo Los Angeles California US 10/01/2017
Aladdin Theater Robyn Hitchcock & The Nashville Fabs Portland Oregon US 10/06/2018
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock & The Nashville Fabs New York New York US 10/12/2018
Saigon Craft Bar and Grill Robyn Hitchcock Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 12/13/2018
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/06/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 08/29/2021
Komedia Bath Robyn Hitchcock Bath England UK 09/05/2024
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock, Morris Windsor, Kimberley Rew and Lee Cave-Berry New York New York US 12/28/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 03/12/2025

Lyrics

Here he comes and there he goes
Got a brand new suit of clothes
Looks around and sniffs the air (What you find)
Well he'll have her on a fork and spoon (What you find)
And he'll toss her right back over the moon (What you find)
Watch out there in the yard (What you find)
Rule number one: don't try too hard

I believed he was my friend
Right up till he stopped pretending
He makes amends though it's ended long ago
Ah, he's moving in now just some piece
Everybody looks like the police
Feet of gold and on his skin of fleece
Sock and shepherd (??) bring out niece

He's a reptile and it shows
Got a web between his toes
He's a reptile
He's a reptile back in town
He's a reptile
He's a reptile, never cries
He's a reptile, never dies

Here he comes and there he goes
And where he's been it hardly shows
He covers up so very well
But I can tell see your baby she's been on the sand
How the hell did that guy get on dry land
Better bolt up both your baby's doors
She'll be dancing with him on all fours

He's a reptile back in town
He's a reptile hangin' round tonight, oh
He's a reptile whoa whoa whoa
He's a reptile watch him go tonight

He's a reptile never dries
He's a reptile never cries
He's a reptile of this town
He's a reptile hangin' round tonight

He's a reptile on his own
With a bone tonight, ooh

He's a reptile never cries
He's a reptile never dies
He's a reptile doesn't care
He's a reptile he's never there tonight

He's a reptile just for you
He's a reptile and it's true tonight

He's a reptile watch him go
He's a reptile how you stand it never show
He's a reptile whoa
He's a reptile whoa