Jewels for Sophia Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 110 times, most recently at Private House on March 27, 2023. He first performed it at WXRT on May 20, 1997, 25 years and 10 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Jewels for Sophia Robyn Hitchcock Warner Brothers Album 1999
Inflatable Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock [none listed] Bootleg 2000
Rare Jewels Robyn Hitchcock Warner Brothers Promo 2001
This Is the BBC Robyn Hitchcock Hux Records Album 2006
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
WXRT Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 05/20/1997
House of Blues Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 05/21/1997
Let It Be Records Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/24/1997
KCRW "Brave New World" Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 05/28/1997
Roxy Robyn Hitchcock West Hollywood California US 05/31/1997
Sweetwater Robyn Hitchcock Mill Valley California US 06/02/1997
Melarkey's Robyn Hitchcock Sacramento California US 06/03/1997
Great American Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 06/04/1997
WOW Hall Robyn Hitchcock Eugene Oregon US 06/05/1997
Aladdin Theater Robyn Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 06/06/1997
Backstage Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 06/07/1997
KCMU Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 06/07/1997
Crocodile Cafe Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 06/13/1997
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/23/1997
WOMAD Festival (Rivermead Leisure Center) Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 07/27/1997
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/30/1997
Robyn at Sea Robyn Hitchcock Lymington Harbour England UK 08/16/1997
Jazz Cafe Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/20/1997
The Concorde Robyn Hitchcock Brighton England UK 12/01/1997
Joiners Arms Robyn Hitchcock Southampton England UK 12/03/1997
Boat Race Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 12/04/1997
The Princess Charlotte Robyn Hitchcock Leicester England UK 12/06/1997
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 01/09/1998
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 01/10/1998
Mean Fiddler Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/04/1998
Bottom Line Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 06/12/1998
Bottom Line Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 06/12/1998
Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/30/1998
Showbox Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 07/23/1999
Showbox Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 07/24/1999
Roseland Theater Robyn Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 07/25/1999
Open Mind Music Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 07/27/1999
The Fillmore Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 07/27/1999
Palookaville Robyn Hitchcock Santa Cruz California US 07/29/1999
Rhino Records Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 08/01/1999
The Palace Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 08/01/1999
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 08/12/1999
Stables Robyn Hitchcock Wavendon England UK 09/21/1999
Dingwalls Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/22/1999
BBC - Andy Kershaw Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/22/1999
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Austin Texas US 10/23/1999
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Austin Texas US 10/23/1999
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Austin Texas US 10/24/1999
Echo Lounge Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Atlanta Georgia US 10/25/1999
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Carrboro North Carolina US 10/26/1999
Fletcher's Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Baltimore Maryland US 10/27/1999
The Upstage Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 10/29/1999
Paradise Rock Club Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Boston Massachusetts US 10/30/1999
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Northampton Massachusetts US 10/31/1999
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA New York New York US 11/01/1999
Magic Bag Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Ferndale Michigan US 11/06/1999
Top Cat's Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Cincinnati Ohio US 11/07/1999
Metro Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Chicago Illinois US 11/10/1999
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
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Seattle Washington US 11/16/1999
Great American Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA San Francisco California US 11/19/1999
The Troubadour Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Los Angeles California US 11/20/1999
The Mint Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Los Angeles California US 11/22/1999
WXPN - World Café Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 11/23/1999
Ronnie Scott's Robyn Hitchcock Birmingham England UK 01/30/2000
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
Lee Valley Riverboat Cruise All Aboard the Skylark Broxbourne England UK 08/05/2000
The Dynamic Earth Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 08/27/2000
The Garage Robyn Hitchcock and.... London England UK 01/25/2002
Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall Robyn Hitchcock: 50th Birthday Celebration London England UK 03/02/2003
Bluebird Café Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 01/13/2004
Fleece and Firkin Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 12/02/2004
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock and the Final Groove Brighton England UK 12/06/2004
The Three Kings Robyn Hitchcock & Heavy Friends London England UK 02/18/2005
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Cambridge England UK 01/22/2006
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Brighton England UK 01/23/2006
Phoenix Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Exeter England UK 01/27/2006
Cannon Hill Park Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Birmingham England UK 06/24/2006
Loppen Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Copenhagen Denmark 07/04/2006
The Clarendon Guesthouse Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Katoomba New South Wales Australia 10/19/2006
The Key Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 West Hollywood California US 10/27/2006
Metro Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Chicago Illinois US 11/08/2006
The Magic Bag Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Ferndale Michigan US 11/09/2006
The Mod Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Toronto Ontario Canada 11/10/2006
Beachland Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Cleveland Ohio US 11/12/2006
Rex Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/13/2006
Sellersville Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sellersville Pennsylvania US 11/14/2006
Hiro Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 New York New York US 11/17/2006
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Hoboken New Jersey US 11/18/2006
Ottobar Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Baltimore Maryland US 11/20/2006
Crocodile Café Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
KEXP Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 11/26/2006
KEXP Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 11/28/2006
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Brighton England UK 01/05/2007
The Zodiac Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Oxford England UK 01/07/2007
Carling Academy Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 London England UK 01/11/2007
Fleece and Firkin Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Bristol England UK 01/12/2007
Academy III Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Manchester England UK 01/13/2007
The Boardwalk Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sheffield England UK 01/14/2007
World Café Live Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 03/26/2007
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Northampton Massachusetts US 03/29/2007
Doug Fir Lounge Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Portland Oregon US 04/07/2007
Spaceland Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Los Angeles California US 04/12/2007
Club Congress Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tucson Arizona US 04/14/2007
Debaser Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Stockholm Sweden 06/13/2007
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 11/29/2007
Faraday Festival Robyn Hitchcock Barcelona Spain 07/04/2008
Green Dragon Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Hereford England UK 12/21/2008
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 03/21/2009
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Annapolis Maryland US 06/07/2009
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 01/11/2023
Private House Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 03/27/2023

Lyrics

I got a flashlight in my pocket
And it goes right through the socket
Of a dead man's strum my thumb so numb
And I'm gripping on the handle of a Roman septic candle
And I can't let go or I'll fall into the dark
But in my other hand gripped tight
In the fingers of the night I got
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia

I been basted, really wasted
Chock full o' nuts and ifs and buts
It tasted great, shade, but I got another mouthful of desire
I got Lucas fruits, zoons, Barney, Pat Pat Saturday
Call in one for Nixon and another one for Stipe
This may read like a fax
But in the hand I never relax I got
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia

Oh Lord I just amalgamated saturated clams
Dig Rex in tunnels with gerbils in your annex
I got Lord fluff ginger silicone pusscat
Never make a bad one out of all the stuff I weave
But up my sleeve, yeah, up my sleeve I got
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia

Sophia shine on, shine on Sophia
Sophia shine on, shine on Sophia

See, I bring you colored ones
Yeah, I bring you colored ones

Onion glove, my kind of peelers
I feel as if a drain has opened in this world
That sucks out all the guilt and leaves fresh air
And free health care and good hair days
And an amazing pair of lips
That sucks your pips into infinity, pops, and so I gots
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels for Sophia
Jewels

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That sucks out all the shit and leaves fresh air      33a