I Saw Nick Drake Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 113 times, most recently at The Southgate House Revival-Sanctuary on March 01, 2025. He first performed it at BBC - Andy Kershaw on August 21, 1996, 28 years and 6 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
A Star For Bram Robyn Hitchcock Editions PAF! Album 2000
Inflatable Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock [none listed] Bootleg 2000
Rare Jewels Robyn Hitchcock Warner Brothers Promo 2001
KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 9 Various KGSR Compilation 2001
Elixirs & Remedies Robyn Hitchcock & Grant Lee Phillips Scotopia Pictures Video 2002
This Is the BBC Robyn Hitchcock Hux Records Album 2006
Made To Love Magic (15 Tracks In The Spirit Of Nick Drake) Various Uncut Compilation 2023
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
BBC - Andy Kershaw Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/21/1996
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/10/1996
Cedar Cultural Center Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/24/1997
KCRW "Brave New World" Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 05/28/1997
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 05/30/1997
Roxy Robyn Hitchcock West Hollywood California US 05/31/1997
Sweetwater Robyn Hitchcock Mill Valley California US 06/02/1997
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/30/1997
Jazz Cafe Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/20/1997
Joiners Arms Robyn Hitchcock Southampton England UK 12/03/1997
The Princess Charlotte Robyn Hitchcock Leicester England UK 12/06/1997
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 06/19/1998
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 07/31/1999
Stables Robyn Hitchcock Wavendon England UK 09/21/1999
Dingwalls Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/22/1999
Ronnie Scott's Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/26/1999
The Portland Arms Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 09/27/1999
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Austin Texas US 10/23/1999
Echo Lounge Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Atlanta Georgia US 10/25/1999
Fletcher's Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Baltimore Maryland US 10/27/1999
Paradise Rock Club Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Boston Massachusetts US 10/30/1999
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA New York New York US 11/01/1999
First Avenue Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/11/1999
Soiled Dove Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Denver Colorado US 11/13/1999
Aladdin Theater Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Portland Oregon US 11/17/1999
Fleece and Firkin Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 01/31/2000
The Garage Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/01/2000
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 02/26/2000
KCRW Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 03/19/2000
KCRW Grant Lee Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 06/18/2000
MJI Broadcasting Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 06/20/2000
Great American Music Hall Grant Lee Hitchcock San Francisco California US 06/21/2000
Sweetwater Café Grant Lee Hitchcock Mill Valley California US 06/22/2000
Aladdin Theatre Grant Lee Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 06/23/2000
Crocodile Café Grant Lee Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 06/24/2000
Lee Valley Riverboat Cruise All Aboard the Skylark Broxbourne England UK 08/05/2000
Vecchi Magazzini Gernali Robyn Hitchcock Verona Italy 08/16/2000
The Dynamic Earth Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 08/27/2000
IOTA Grant Lee Hitchcock Arlington Virginia US 10/16/2000
The Middle East Grant Lee Hitchcock Cambridge Massachusetts US 10/23/2000
KGSR Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 03/16/2001
Assembly Rooms - The Supper Room Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 08/03/2001
The Garage Robyn Hitchcock and.... London England UK 01/25/2002
Assembly Rooms - The Edinburgh Suite Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 08/12/2002
The Rhythm Room Robyn Hitchcock Phoenix Arizona US 02/19/2003
Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall Robyn Hitchcock: 50th Birthday Celebration London England UK 03/02/2003
Morton Theatre Athens 411 Athens Georgia US 10/09/2003
Club Congress Robyn Hitchcock Tucson Arizona US 10/17/2003
Great American Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 11/17/2003
Bluebird Café Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 01/13/2004
Sin-é Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 10/27/2004
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 11/14/2004
SXSW Austin Convention Center Joe Boyd Austin Texas US 03/13/2007
Black Lion Inn Robyn Hitchcock Hereford England UK 05/31/2008
Birmingham Town Hall Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Birmingham England UK 05/16/2009
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Glasgow Scotland UK 01/20/2010
Brighton Dome Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Brighton England UK 01/21/2010
The Barbican Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake London England UK 01/22/2010
Warwick Arts Centre Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Coventry England UK 01/23/2010
Auditorium Parco della Musica Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Rome Italy 10/12/2010
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Liverpool England UK 10/14/2010
NPR.org Joe Boyd w/ Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 07/18/2011
Sydney Opera House Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Sydney New South Wales Australia 11/11/2011
Austin Convention Center Joe Boyd - Nick Drake & "Way To Blue" Austin Texas US 03/16/2013
Jammin Java Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Virginia US 05/11/2017
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 06/17/2017
The Kent Stage Robyn Hitchcock Kent Ohio US 11/16/2017
Prairie Center for the Arts Robyn Hitchcock Schaumburg Illinois US 01/19/2019
Concerts In The Studio Robyn Hitchcock Freehold New Jersey US 11/25/2019
Brewery Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Kendal England UK 01/25/2020
Chiesa Valdese Robyn Hitchcock Rome Italy 02/08/2020
Cripta Romanics del Duomo Robyn Hitchcock Avellino Italy 02/09/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 07/15/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 03/10/2021
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 10/03/2021
Outpost in the Burbs Robyn Hitchcock Montclair New Jersey US 10/08/2021
One Longfellow Square Robyn Hitchcock Portland Maine US 10/20/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/01/2021
Night & Day Café Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 03/22/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 03/30/2022
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 04/16/2022
The Burl Robyn Hitchcock Lexington Kentucky US 04/23/2022
WFMU Give the Drummer Radio Robyn Hitchcock Jersey City New Jersey US 07/23/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/03/2022
Private House Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 08/17/2022
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/12/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 05/05/2023
Claypath Delicatessen Robyn Hitchcock Durham England UK 08/19/2023
Rondo Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Bath England UK 09/07/2023
Ludlow Assembly Rooms Robyn Hitchcock Ludlow England UK 09/08/2023
The Talleyrand Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 09/09/2023
The Portland Arms Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 09/14/2023
St. Stephen's Church Robyn Hitchcock Ipswich England UK 09/16/2023
Klubokawiarnia OPO / OPO Festival Robyn Hitchcock Opole Poland 11/03/2023
Social Center TPO Robyn Hitchcock Bologna Italy 11/05/2023
Circolo Arci Bellezza Robyn Hitchcock Milan Italy 11/06/2023
3TEN Austin City Limits Live Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 01/18/2024
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Robyn Hitchcock Houston Texas US 01/19/2024
The Kessler Theater Robyn Hitchcock Dallas Texas US 01/20/2024
LowDown Robyn Hitchcock Tulsa Oklahoma US 01/23/2024
Lulu's Downstairs Robyn Hitchcock Manitou Springs Colorado US 01/25/2024
The Hamilton Live Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 04/19/2024
Christ Church United Robyn Hitchcock Lowell Massachusetts US 04/26/2024
BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 04/27/2024
Cedar Cultural Center Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/02/2024
Hopmonk Tavern Robyn Hitchcock Sebastopol California US 05/17/2024
Industrie Fluviali Robyn Hitchcock Rome Italy 07/12/2024
Parco Mediceo di Pratolino, Villa Demidoff Robyn Hitchcock Pratolino Italy 07/13/2024
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock Brighton England UK 09/11/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 11/27/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 02/01/2025
The Southgate House Revival-Sanctuary Robyn Hitchcock Newport Kentucky US 03/01/2025

Lyrics

...I saw Nick Drake
At the corner of time and motion
I caught his eye
And he caught mine
I said "You're tall"
He said "No taller than tomorrow's ocean"
I saw Nick Drake
And he was fine

I saw Nick Drake
As we were carrying the ice together
I saw his face
Beneath the glass
The net was gone
And all the strawberries of English weather
I saw him pass
Right through this place

I saw Nick Drake 
The habits of a lifetime
Will lay you low
Into your grave
And when you're gone
You take the whole world with you
I saw Nick Drake
I saw him wave

And we're in bloom