I Thought I Saw Julian Cope Gigs Lyrics Comments

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Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn has only performed this song once, at McCabe's, on May 25, 1990.

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Appears to be improvised based on a request for "Julian Cope" (presumably asking for a rendition of a song by Cope; Robyn is on record as being a big fan of "Charlotte Anne"). "I Thought I Saw Julian Cope" reappeared in October 1990 at a few shows in a more finished form, "Chain Mary to the Bed" aka "I Thought I saw Somebody Else".

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I thought I saw
Julian Cope
But it was me Instead

I thought I saw
Julian Cope
But it was me, and I was dead

How come the best
Are always the last
Why is it so fast
Why is it overcast
In a sea of gold

Chain Mary to the bed
And chain Mary to my head
All of your sins look bigger in the darkness
Don't turn out the light
Oh let me stare forever
At the picture that you made

I thought I saw
Julian Cope
But it was me Instead