The Ruling Class Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
15

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Madonna of the Wasps Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians A&M Records Single 1989
Invisible History Robyn Hitchcock SPQR Records Bootleg 1994
Greatest Hits Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians A&M Records Album 1996
Luminous Groove Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Yep Roc Records Album 2008

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Phantasy Theatre Lakewood Ohio US 06/24/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Kulturbolaget Malmo Sweden 10/28/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 10/11/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Blind Pig Ann Arbor Michigan US 10/18/1990
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 12/30/1990
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Max's on Broadway Baltimore Maryland US 01/01/1991
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 05/05/1991
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Leeds University Leeds England UK 10/23/1991
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Mein Batschkapp Frankfurt Germany 11/20/1991
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 05/20/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/09/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 04/09/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/02/2022
Robyn Hitchcock People's Republic of Camperdown Sydney New South Wales Australia 03/08/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Unknown Venue London England UK 10/01/2023

Lyrics

"Taste your own juices, Mr. Avon."
Said the nurse, "I'm sick of doing it for you.
You know what abuse is, Mr. Avon.
And you obviously love it, yes you do"

Oh the ruling class
Just wanna suffer
Yeah, the ruling class
Just want some pain
All them strawberries
They're not enough for
All those open wounds
All that champagne

"Ease your own shorts off a little further"
Said the lips that hovered slyly in the void
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf never went to Gurnard
But that's no reason not to be paranoid

Oh the ruling class
All hate their mothers
Oh the ruling class
All went to good schools
When they go to bed
On one another
And then they grow up and
Make all the rules

Hang the judges high (Hang the judges high)
Hang the wise men of the realm
Hang the judges high (Hang the judges high)
Hang the wise men of the realm
Rock on Denny boy (Rock on Denny-boy)
Hang the wise men of the realm

Oh the ruling class
They got no worries
Yeah, the ruling class
Ain't got a dime
They've got lots of them
They're in no hurry
'Cause the ruling class
Rules all the time

<Notes>
14: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, opera singer
15: Gurnard, a town on the Isle of Wight