(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 77 times, most recently at Alexandra Palace Theatre on February 25, 2023. He first performed it at Alma on July 07, 1977, 45 years and 7 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
(I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp The Soft Boys Radar Records Single 1978
A Can of Bees The Soft Boys Two Crabs Music Album 1979
The Modern World - UK Punk II The Soft Boys Rhino Records Compilation 1993
The Soft Boys 1976-1981 The Soft Boys Rykodisc Album 1993
Rout Of The Clones The Soft Boys Bootleg 1995
PUNK Lost & Found The Soft Boys Shanachie Entertainment Compilation 1996
Maxwell's, New York, 1980 The Soft Boys Handmade Productions Bootleg 1998
12 x 7: All the Soft Boys Certify Insane The Soft Boys Bootleg 2008
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 07/07/1977
The Royal Hotel The Soft Boys Luton England UK 08/12/1977
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 09/02/1977
Icknields Hall The Soft Boys Letchworth England UK 09/09/1977
Corn Exchange The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 10/07/1977
Southbank Poly The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 10/14/1977
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 10/22/1977
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/13/1977
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/15/1977
London School of Economics (LSE) The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/18/1977
Jesus College The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/29/1977
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 12/01/1977
Red Cow The Soft Boys London England UK 12/30/1977
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/07/1978
The Roundhouse The Soft Boys London England UK 01/20/1978
Pembroke College The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/28/1978
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 02/04/1978
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 02/05/1978
Mid-Herts College The Soft Boys Welwyn Garden City England UK 02/11/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 02/13/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 02/14/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 02/20/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 02/21/1978
Winchester Art School The Soft Boys Winchester England UK 02/24/1978
The Roundhouse The Soft Boys London England UK 02/26/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 02/27/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 02/28/1978
North East London Polytechnic The Soft Boys London England UK 03/09/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 03/29/1978
Elms Court (Oxford Elm Park Centre) The Soft Boys Botley England UK 04/01/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 04/02/1978
Rainbow Theatre The Soft Boys London England UK 04/08/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 04/15/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 04/21/1978
Alex Wood Hall Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 04/29/1978
The Penthouse The Soft Boys Scarborough England UK 05/05/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 05/06/1978
The Roundhouse The Soft Boys London England UK 05/07/1978
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 05/13/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 05/14/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 05/20/1978
Marquee The Soft Boys London England UK 05/25/1978
Nags Head The Soft Boys High Wycombe England UK 05/27/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys Middlesbrough England UK 06/02/1978
Tiffany's The Soft Boys Edinburgh Scotland UK 06/05/1978
Stowaway Club The Soft Boys Newport Wales UK 06/07/1978
Roots / F Club The Soft Boys Leeds England UK 06/08/1978
Rafters The Soft Boys Manchester England UK 06/09/1978
Portsmouth Polytechnic The Soft Boys Portsmouth England UK 06/17/1978
Marquee The Soft Boys London England UK 06/18/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 07/02/1978
77 Club The Soft Boys Nuneaton England UK 10/17/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 11/11/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 11/16/1978
Lady Mitchell Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/27/1978
Lady Mitchell Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 03/01/1979
Pop Club The Soft Boys York England UK 05/02/1979
40 Watt Club The Soft Boys Athens Georgia US 10/22/2002
Maxwell's The Soft Boys Hoboken New Jersey US 10/25/2002
The Bowery Ballroom The Soft Boys New York New York US 10/26/2002
Mercury Lounge The Soft Boys New York New York US 10/27/2002
The Double Door The Soft Boys Chicago Illinois US 10/28/2002
First Avenue The Soft Boys Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/29/2002
Crocodile Café The Soft Boys Seattle Washington US 10/31/2002
Slim's The Soft Boys San Francisco California US 11/02/2002
House of Blues The Soft Boys West Hollywood California US 11/04/2002
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic The Soft Boys Santa Monica California US 11/04/2002
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
Union Chapel Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/29/2019
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 01/20/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/08/2023
Alexandra Palace Theatre Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/25/2023

Lyrics

Man, you're gonna be a woman someday, yeah
Man, you're gonna be a woman someday, now
Man, you're gonna be
Man, you're gonna be a woman someday, yeah

Girl, you wanna be a man and you will, yeah
Girl, you wanna be a man and you will, yeah
Girl, you wanna be
Girl, you wanna be a man and you will, yeah

In your overalls
Growing little wings

I've been sleeping while you've been squeaking around
Please don't tell me that you don't smell what you found

Oooh, oooh ooh
Oooh, oooh ooh
Oooh, oooh ooh

Mister, it's dizzy when you rip off your chops, yeah
Butcher, it's meaty when you chip off your roots, yeah
Ooh, lop it off
Oooh, chop it off with scissors or chutes, yeah

Watch your severed foot
Limping through the soot

I've been going where it's been growing alot
It's my business to know what is and what's not

Oooh, oooh ooh
Oooh, oooh ooh
Oooh, oooh ooh

Me, I wanna be an anglepoise lamp, yeah
Us, we wanna be some Anglepoise lamps, then
Us, we wanna be
Us, we wanna be some Anglepoise lamps, then

Anglepoise

(sometimes performed as Seven Winged Bat instead of Anglepoise lamp)