The Lizard Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 220 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on January 15, 2025. He first performed it at Dingwalls on December 07, 1980, 44 years and 1 month earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Black Snake Diamond Role Robyn Hitchcock Armageddon Records Album 1981
Zinc Pear Robyn Hitchcock & The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Promo 1981
The Man Who Invented Himself Robyn Hitchcock United Records Compilation 1986
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Dingwalls The Soft Boys London England UK 12/07/1980
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 01/23/1981
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 01/30/1981
Golden Lion (last Soft Boys gig) The Soft Boys London England UK 02/08/1981
The Venue Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/09/1981
Inkstick Shibura Factory Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Tokyo Japan 09/16/1988
The Ritz Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians New York New York US 09/20/1988
Town and Country Club Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians London England UK 10/06/1988
7th St. Entry Worst Case Scenario Minneapolis Minnesota US 03/08/1989
TT the Bear's Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Cambridge Massachusetts US 06/18/1989
Flood Zone Robyn Hitchcock Richmond Virginia US 04/24/1990
Trax Robyn Hitchcock Charlottesville Virginia US 04/25/1990
The Point Robyn Hitchcock Atlanta Georgia US 05/01/1990
Alligator Lounge Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 03/19/1996
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/17/1996
The Point Robyn Hitchcock Atlanta Georgia US 02/26/1997
WOW Hall Robyn Hitchcock Eugene Oregon US 06/05/1997
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/16/1997
WOMAD Festival (Rivermead Leisure Center) Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 07/27/1997
Jazz Cafe Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/20/1997
Mean Fiddler Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/04/1998
Bloom Robyn Hitchcock Mezzago Italy 02/13/1999
Pine Street Theatre The Soft Boys Portland Oregon US 04/05/2001
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 03/26/2005
Duncan Hall Robyn Hitchcock Lafayette Indiana US 04/03/2005
Shank Hall Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/02/2007
Triple Door Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 03/21/2009
The Annandale Hotel Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sydney New South Wales Australia 03/25/2009
Antone's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Austin Texas US 04/03/2009
Granada Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Dallas Texas US 04/04/2009
Exit/In Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Nashville Tennessee US 04/06/2009
Variety Playhouse Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Atlanta Georgia US 04/07/2009
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
Irving Plaza Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 New York New York US 04/11/2009
Logan Square Auditorium Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Chicago Illinois US 04/18/2009
The Varsity Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/19/2009
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Annapolis Maryland US 06/07/2009
Open Arts Stage Robyn Hitchcock Bordentown New Jersey US 03/01/2014
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 06/20/2014
Botanique Robyn Hitchcock Bologna Italy 07/03/2014
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/11/2014
Kings Robyn Hitchcock Raleigh North Carolina US 11/05/2014
The Ark Robyn Hitchcock Ann Arbor Michigan US 11/20/2014
Club Manufaktur Robyn Hitchcock Schorndorf Germany 04/22/2015
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/11/2015
The Fleece Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 10/29/2015
The Trades Club Robyn Hitchcock Hebden Bridge England UK 11/01/2015
Helipad Robyn Hitchcock Victoria Falls Zimbabwe 02/18/2016
Daryl's House Robyn Hitchcock Pawling New York US 03/26/2016
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
Capital Ale House Robyn Hitchcock Richmond Virginia US 04/19/2017
Jammin Java Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Virginia US 05/11/2017
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 09/26/2017
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
Sala Estense Robyn Hitchcock Ferrara Italy 10/14/2017
The Kent Stage Robyn Hitchcock Kent Ohio US 11/16/2017
Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland Robyn Hitchcock Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/17/2017
Grace Emily Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Adelaide South Australia Australia 12/06/2017
City Vinyard at Pier 26 Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 02/14/2018
Monty Hall Robyn Hitchcock Jersey City New Jersey US 02/16/2018
Firehouse Center For The Performing Arts Robyn Hitchcock Newburyport Massachusetts US 02/17/2018
Cafe Nine Robyn Hitchcock New Haven Connecticut US 02/18/2018
TivoliVredenburg Cloud Nine Robyn Hitchcock Utrecht Netherlands 02/27/2018
Club Academy Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires Manchester England UK 05/11/2018
University London Union (ULU) Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires London England UK 05/12/2018
Fat Lils Bar Robyn Hitchcock Witney England UK 05/15/2018
Unitarian Church Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 05/17/2018
Fruit Robyn Hitchcock Hull England UK 05/22/2018
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room Robyn Hitchcock Liverpool England UK 05/23/2018
Oran Mor Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 05/24/2018
The HUBS Robyn Hitchcock Sheffield England UK 05/25/2018
The Brook Robyn Hitchcock Southampton England UK 05/30/2018
Chaseholm Farm Robyn Hitchcock Pine Plains New York US 08/25/2018
The Portland Arms Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 10/30/2018
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Atlanta Georgia US 11/07/2018
Colony Robyn Hitchcock Woodstock New York US 11/14/2018
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 11/16/2018
Columbus Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Providence Rhode Island US 11/17/2018
City Vinyard at Pier 26 Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/18/2018
Hạ Long Bay Robyn Hitchcock Hạ Long Vietnam 12/02/2018
Prairie Center for the Arts Robyn Hitchcock Schaumburg Illinois US 01/19/2019
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Robyn Hitchcock San Antonio Texas US 01/26/2019
Gasa Gasa Robyn Hitchcock New Orleans Louisiana US 02/02/2019
The State Room Robyn Hitchcock Salt Lake City Utah US 03/29/2019
Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Robyn Hitchcock Denver Colorado US 03/30/2019
Musical Instrument Museum Robyn Hitchcock Phoenix Arizona US 04/02/2019
The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 04/05/2019
The Barns at Wolf Trap Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Virginia US 04/11/2019
The Stone Church Robyn Hitchcock Brattleboro Vermont US 04/16/2019
One Longfellow Square Robyn Hitchcock Portland Maine US 04/19/2019
South Street Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 04/30/2019
The Smokehouse Robyn Hitchcock Ipswich England UK 05/03/2019
Central Library Robyn Hitchcock Huddersfield England UK 05/05/2019
The Musician Pub Robyn Hitchcock Leicester England UK 05/07/2019
The Crescent Robyn Hitchcock York England UK 05/08/2019
St Mary's Creative Space Robyn Hitchcock Chester England UK 05/09/2019
St James Wine Vaults Robyn Hitchcock Bath England UK 05/10/2019
Starline Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Oakland California US 05/16/2019
HopMonk Tavern Robyn Hitchcock Sebastopol California US 05/21/2019
Music Box Supper Club Robyn Hitchcock Cleveland Ohio US 06/19/2019
Club Cafe Robyn Hitchcock Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 06/21/2019
The Ark Robyn Hitchcock Ann Arbor Michigan US 06/22/2019
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 06/23/2019
Loco Club Robyn Hitchcock Valencia Spain 10/04/2019
Sala Upload Robyn Hitchcock Barcelona Spain 10/06/2019
PRIVATCLUB Robyn Hitchcock Berlin Germany 10/10/2019
Loppen Robyn Hitchcock Copenhagen Denmark 10/12/2019
Mediathèque Robyn Hitchcock St Amand-les-Eaux France 10/15/2019
The Jericho Tavern Robyn Hitchcock Oxford England UK 10/17/2019
The Capstone Theater Robyn Hitchcock Liverpool England UK 10/19/2019
The Deaf Institute Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 10/24/2019
St Paul's Church Robyn Hitchcock Birmingham England UK 10/25/2019
Storey's Field Centre Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 10/26/2019
Union Chapel Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/29/2019
Clwb Ifor Bach Robyn Hitchcock Cardiff Wales UK 10/30/2019
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/13/2019
Richmond Music Hall at Capital Ale House Robyn Hitchcock Richmond Virginia US 11/16/2019
Sellersville Theater Robyn Hitchcock Sellersville Pennsylvania US 11/17/2019
Murmrr Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/21/2019
StageOne Robyn Hitchcock Fairfield Connecticut US 11/22/2019
Columbus Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Providence Rhode Island US 11/23/2019
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 11/24/2019
Largo at the Coronet Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 12/13/2019
Brewery Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Kendal England UK 01/25/2020
Drygate Brewing Co Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 01/26/2020
Levontin7 Robyn Hitchcock Tel Aviv Israel 02/01/2020
Corner Live Robyn Hitchcock Mareno Di Piave Italy 02/05/2020
Circolo Della Musica Robyn Hitchcock Rivoli Italy 02/07/2020
Chiesa Valdese Robyn Hitchcock Rome Italy 02/08/2020
Cripta Romanics del Duomo Robyn Hitchcock Avellino Italy 02/09/2020
Fremont Abbey Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 02/28/2020
The Old Church Robyn Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 02/29/2020
The Casbah Robyn Hitchcock San Diego California US 03/05/2020
Club Congress Robyn Hitchcock Tucson Arizona US 03/06/2020
Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Robyn Hitchcock Denver Colorado US 03/13/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 10/30/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 02/05/2021
The Crypt Studio Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 05/26/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/01/2021
Ipswich Transport Museum Robyn Hitchcock Ipswich England UK 09/11/2021
The Bodega Robyn Hitchcock Nottingham England UK 09/23/2021
Brudenell Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Leeds England UK 03/20/2022
Loppen Robyn Hitchcock Copenhagen Denmark 03/25/2022
Olympia’s Zorba Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Lowell Massachusetts US 04/09/2022
Off Broadway Robyn Hitchcock St. Louis Missouri US 04/13/2022
Knuckleheads Robyn Hitchcock Kansas City Missouri US 04/14/2022
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 04/16/2022
Stoughton Opera House Robyn Hitchcock Stoughton Wisconsin US 04/19/2022
The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 04/20/2022
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 04/21/2022
The Burl Robyn Hitchcock Lexington Kentucky US 04/23/2022
The Southgate House Revival Robyn Hitchcock Newport Kentucky US 04/24/2022
Cluny 2 Robyn Hitchcock Newcastle upon Tyne England UK 05/01/2022
Henry Tudor House Robyn Hitchcock Shrewsbury England UK 05/05/2022
Gloucester Guildhall Robyn Hitchcock Gloucester England UK 05/07/2022
Moe's Alley Robyn Hitchcock Santa Cruz California US 05/20/2022
HIPNIC Robyn Hitchcock Big Sur California US 05/21/2022
Starline Social Club Robyn Hitchcock Oakland California US 05/22/2022
Harlow's Robyn Hitchcock Sacramento California US 05/23/2022
Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace Robyn Hitchcock Pioneertown California US 05/25/2022
Largo at the Coronet Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 05/26/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/10/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/10/2022
The Cornish Bank Robyn Hitchcock Falmouth England UK 09/13/2022
Redgrave Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 09/15/2022
Corn Exchange Robyn Hitchcock Hertford England UK 09/20/2022
South Street Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 09/21/2022
The Lighthouse Robyn Hitchcock Deal England UK 09/22/2022
Madam Felle Robyn Hitchcock Bergen Norway 09/29/2022
Venskaben Robyn Hitchcock Asker Norway 10/02/2022
Bar Moskus Robyn Hitchcock Trondheim Norway 10/04/2022
40 Watt Club Robyn Hitchcock Athens Georgia US 11/10/2022
Studentsamfunnet Driv Robyn Hitchcock Tromsø Norway 11/25/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/07/2022
Komedia Robyn Hitchcock Brighton England UK 02/22/2023
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room Robyn Hitchcock Liverpool England UK 02/28/2023
Whelan's Robyn Hitchcock Dublin Ireland 03/03/2023
The Court House Robyn Hitchcock Bangor Northern Ireland UK 03/05/2023
Kuumbwa Jazz Center Robyn Hitchcock Santa Cruz California US 03/22/2023
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 03/28/2023
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 03/29/2023
Music Box Supper Club Robyn Hitchcock Cleveland Ohio US 03/30/2023
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 04/01/2023
The Betsey Trotwood Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/01/2023
Claypath Delicatessen Robyn Hitchcock Durham England UK 08/19/2023
Unknown Venue Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/22/2023
Klubokawiarnia OPO / OPO Festival Robyn Hitchcock Opole Poland 11/03/2023
Social Center TPO Robyn Hitchcock Bologna Italy 11/05/2023
3TEN Austin City Limits Live Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 01/18/2024
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
Daniels Hall @ Swallow Hill Music Robyn Hitchcock Denver Colorado US 01/26/2024
The Armory Robyn Hitchcock Fort Collins Colorado US 01/27/2024
Cat's Cradle Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 04/17/2024
The Hamilton Live Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 04/19/2024
White Eagle Hall Robyn Hitchcock Jersey City New Jersey US 04/23/2024
BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 04/27/2024
The Westport Library - Verso Studios Robyn Hitchcock Westport Connecticut US 04/28/2024
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 05/03/2024
Harlow's Robyn Hitchcock Sacramento California US 05/16/2024
Zebulon Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 05/21/2024
Parco Mediceo di Pratolino, Villa Demidoff Robyn Hitchcock Pratolino Italy 07/13/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 08/10/2024
The Trades Club Robyn Hitchcock Hebden Bridge England UK 08/31/2024
The Crescent Robyn Hitchcock York England UK 09/01/2024
The Common Room Robyn Hitchcock Newcastle upon Tyne England UK 09/03/2024
Oxted United Reformed Church Robyn Hitchcock Oxted England UK 09/08/2024
Saint Mary's Church Robyn Hitchcock Twyford England UK 09/13/2024
The Old Church Robyn Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 10/09/2024
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 10/24/2024
Outpost in the Burbs Robyn Hitchcock Montclair New Jersey US 10/26/2024
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 10/29/2024
City Winery (Pier 57) Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 10/30/2024
Levon Helm Studios Robyn Hitchcock Woodstock New York US 11/01/2024
StageOne Robyn Hitchcock Fairfield Connecticut US 11/02/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 01/15/2025

Lyrics

You wear the lizard's shoes
And afterwards you get confused
You wear the lizard's coat
And afterwards you fail to float
You take the lizard's path
But look who's lying in the bath
You wear the lizard's skin
No man can be a god and win at all
Ahh

You take the lizard's mask
But look who's lying in the cask
And when the clocks have stopped
You'll find out what the lizard dropped
You know the lizard's won
But you can't work out how it's done
The lizard is your friend
And will be 'til the very end of time

You lie beneath the stars
The lizard knows how high they are
The stars are out of reach
The lizard lingers on a beach
The stars are out of date
The lizard had them on a plate
You vomit in the shed
The lizard got there first he's dead
No

It's the bat
Yeah
Oh
Oh