Messages of Dark Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 11 times, most recently at Unknown Venue on October 22, 2023. He first performed it at Ronnie Scott's on May 10, 1987, 36 years and 5 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Invisible Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock Glass Fish Records Album 1986
Eaten By Her Own Dinner Robyn Hitchcock Midnight Music Album 1986
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Ronnie Scott's Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 05/10/1987
Maxwell's (Early show) Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 09/22/1989
Cat's Cradle (Chapel Hill NC) Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 04/27/1990
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 05/26/1990
SUNY, Albany Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock Albany New York US 10/10/1990
Diamond Club Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 10/16/1990
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/09/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/15/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/08/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 05/08/2022
Unknown Venue Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/22/2023

Lyrics

Well, your number's changed and your hair's cut short
And your house is painted white
Gave me a fright

And your line's engaged 'cause you talk too much
The way you always do
When I'm talking to you

But you haven't changed like your number has
You've been all round the world
You're a rich little girl

There you are like a spider in the corner
Vibrating messages of dark
Vibrating messages of dark

Pornography reassures a man
Fills him with delight
So he's alright

But the men upstairs with their fitted hoods
And the streetlamp lights them up
They're stitching you up

There you are like a spider in the corner
Vibrating messages of dark
Vibrating messages of dark
Vibrating messages of dark