My Favourite Buildings Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
82

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
I Often Dream of Trains Robyn Hitchcock Midnight Music Album 1984
Invisible Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock Glass Fish Records Album 1986
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
I Often Dream of Trains in New York Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2009

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 04/21/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Grove Arts Centre Dorchester England UK 02/19/1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/31/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Virgin Megastore London England UK 12/01/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians TT the Bear's Cambridge Massachusetts US 06/18/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's (Late show) Hoboken New Jersey US 09/22/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Slim's San Francisco California US 10/05/1989
Robyn Hitchcock The Point Atlanta Georgia US 04/30/1990
Robyn Hitchcock 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US 05/04/1990
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 05/26/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Lounge Ax Chicago Illinois US 07/28/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Tramps New York New York US 10/03/1990
Robyn Hitchcock The Haunt Ithaca New York US 10/13/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 10/27/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Max's on Broadway Baltimore Maryland US 05/07/1992
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 12/28/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Vic Theatre Chicago Illinois US 05/10/1993
Robyn Hitchcock Ultrasound Toronto Ontario Canada 05/10/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Neurotic Records San Francisco California US 09/24/1994
Robyn Hitchcock The Three Kings London England UK 07/01/1995
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 08/27/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Milestones Rochester New York US 03/07/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Knitting Factory New York New York US 03/15/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Let It Be Records Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/24/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 08/26/1999
Robyn Hitchcock Storyville Arezzo Italy 01/16/2000
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 04/24/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Kitty Kat Klub Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/04/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 03/08/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Schuba's Chicago Illinois US 03/31/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Milestones Rochester New York US 03/07/2007
Robyn Hitchcock Fleece and Firkin Bristol England UK 01/24/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Phoenix Exeter England UK 01/25/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Rescue Rooms Nottingham England UK 01/27/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall London England UK 01/29/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Komedia Brighton England UK 01/30/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles California US 11/13/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago Illinois US 11/15/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago Illinois US 11/15/2008
Robyn Hitchcock World Café Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 11/19/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Somerville Theatre Somerville Massachusetts US 11/21/2008
Robyn Hitchcock Symphony Space New York New York US 11/22/2008
Robyn Hitchcock OzenBar Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 09/10/2011
Robyn Hitchcock Butlin's Minehead England UK 03/09/2012
Robyn Hitchcock The Lexington London England UK 04/02/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Village Underground London England UK 08/28/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Samsung Studio Buenos Aires Argentina 09/28/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/12/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago Illinois US 10/13/2012
Wits Fitzgerald Theater Saint Paul Minnesota US 03/15/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Northcote Social Club Melbourne Victoria Australia 05/31/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/21/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles California US 10/09/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Rams Head on Stage Annapolis Maryland US 05/13/2017
Robyn Hitchcock The ArtsCenter Carrboro North Carolina US 05/14/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Turf Club Saint Paul Minnesota US 06/15/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Baby's All Right New York New York US 09/03/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/17/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Narrows Center for the Arts Fall River Massachusetts US 04/12/2018
Robyn Hitchcock The HUBS Sheffield England UK 05/25/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Largo at the Coronet Los Angeles California US 08/30/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/06/2019
Robyn Hitchcock Levontin7 Tel Aviv Israel 02/02/2020
Robyn Hitchcock Fremont Abbey Arts Center Seattle Washington US 02/28/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/02/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/18/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 03/12/2021
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 03/24/2021
Robyn Hitchcock, Morris Windsor & Terry Edwards Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 06/18/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 09/01/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Foxlowe Arts Center Leek England UK 09/24/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/08/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/09/2022
Robyn Hitchcock People's Republic of Camperdown Sydney New South Wales Australia 03/08/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Off Broadway St. Louis Missouri US 04/13/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Private House Nashville Tennessee US 07/24/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Unknown Venue London England UK 10/22/2023
Robyn Hitchcock The Blue Door Oklahoma City Oklahoma US 01/22/2024
Robyn Hitchcock Industrie Fluviali Rome Italy 07/12/2024
Robyn Hitchcock Unknown Hotel Los Angeles California US 09/29/2024
Robyn Hitchcock Fremont Abbey Arts Center Seattle Washington US 10/12/2024
Robyn Hitchcock StageOne Fairfield Connecticut US 11/02/2024

Lyrics

My favourite buildings are all falling down
Seems like I dwell in a different town
But why should I bother with painting them brown
When they'll all be pulled down in the end?

My favourite buildings stretch upwards for miles
Remind me somehow of your favorite smiles
Like oak leaves in autumn cascading on stiles
In the rain

Nobody seems to know how long
All of these buildings belong
Till they become part of you
People get down on your knees
Buildings are like a disease
You could wind up in a zoo
And most people do

My favourite buildings are all laid to waste
One might as well sculpt a statue from toothpaste
And some day I could have a fifty inch waist
It's all free
For my favourite buildings and me

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Why the hell bother with painting them brown       3a
You might as well sculpt a statue from toothpaste 17a