Point it at Gran Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 24 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on August 19, 2024. He first performed it at Ronnie Scott's on May 10, 1987, 37 years and 3 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Invisible Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock Glass Fish Records Album 1986
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Ronnie Scott's Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 05/10/1987
Glastonbury Festival Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Pilton England UK 06/19/1987
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 07/13/1987
Club Lingerie Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 07/17/1987
Ronnie Scott's Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/25/1987
Mean Fiddler Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/05/1987
Band on the Wall Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Manchester England UK 02/09/1988
Zap Club Robyn Hitchcock Brighton England UK 02/16/1988
Hackney Empire Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians London England UK 02/17/1988
Grove Arts Centre Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Dorchester England UK 02/19/1988
Ronnie Scott's Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 06/05/1988
Backstage Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 09/27/1989
The Birchmere Robyn Hitchcock Alexandria Virginia US 04/23/1990
Old Nick's Robyn Hitchcock Birmingham Alabama US 05/08/1990
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 05/26/1990
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 01/12/1996
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/17/1996
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 10/30/2004
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 07/03/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 02/03/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 04/07/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/22/2021
Virgin Hotels, Nashville Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 07/28/2022
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 08/19/2024

Lyrics

Alone and pointless by her mouldering self
She stares at the tin of sardines on the shelf
By a paraffin lamp in a dingy brown room
Gran sits and broods in the thickening gloom
It's a gloom that congeals; it's so greasy and thick
You could cut into strips and roast on a stick
And hand round to friends but there's nobody there
Just Gran, on her own, in a miserable chair

So don't point it at me
Point it at Gran
She needs it more than I do
And more than Princess Anne
When Princess Anne's eighty-two
And living in a one-room flat in Hackney
Maybe she could do with a bit as well

Don't point it at me
Don't point it at yourself
Just point it at Gran
And the sardines on the shelf
Don't point it at me
I've had more than enough
Just point it at Gran
She could do with plenty of stuff

Don't point it at me
Point it at Gran
Well, it could be a firehose
Or it could be a flan
Now some people are happy
And some people are bored
And some people are left
And completely ignored

So why should your life end on a dismal note?