Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
133

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Respect Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians A&M Records Album 1993
Spectre Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians A&M Records Promo 1993
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians A&M Records Promo 1994
Patreon 2021 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2021

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Park West Chicago Illinois US 06/17/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Coach House San Juan Capistrano California US 07/10/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Wadsworth Arts Centre, UCLA Los Angeles California US 07/11/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Edge Palo Alto California US 07/13/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 07/14/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Concorde Brighton England UK 07/29/1992
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 12/28/1992
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 12/29/1992
Robyn Hitchcock 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US 01/02/1993
Robyn Hitchcock Grande Ballroom Washington DC US 01/20/1993
Robyn Hitchcock MTV (120 Minutes) New York New York US 02/14/1993
Robyn Hitchcock KCRW Santa Monica California US 03/22/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Warfield San Francisco California US 04/28/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians La Luna Portland Oregon US 04/30/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Backstage Seattle Washington US 05/02/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/08/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians St. Andrew's Hall Detroit Michigan US 05/11/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Mountain Stage Charleston West Virginia US 05/12/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Toad's Place New Haven Connecticut US 05/20/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Keswick Theatre Glenside Pennsylvania US 05/21/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Fast Lane Asbury Park New Jersey US 05/22/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Joiners Arms Southampton England UK 08/02/1993
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Junction Cambridge England UK 08/03/1993
Robyn Hitchcock Big Star Records Adelaide South Australia Australia 11/01/1993
Robyn Hitchcock Club Quattro Tokyo Japan 11/10/1993
Robyn Hitchcock Toad's Place New Haven Connecticut US 01/01/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Auditorium Flog Florence Italy 03/04/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Ruvido Club Bologna Italy 03/05/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Blob House Bergamo Italy 03/07/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Jazz Cafe London England UK 03/14/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Ultrasound Toronto Ontario Canada 05/10/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Harpo's Victoria British Columbia Canada 05/13/1994
Robyn Hitchcock St. James Church Crypt London England UK 07/14/1994
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 09/16/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Bottom of the Hill San Francisco California US 09/22/1994
Robyn Hitchcock Yarmouth Station Isle of Wight England UK 08/26/1995
Peter Himmelman Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach California US 09/21/1995
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 09/22/1995
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 10/04/1995
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 01/12/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Salon El Carmen Bilbao Spain 04/18/1996
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 05/24/1996
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 08/27/1996
Robyn Hitchcock 12 Bar Club London England UK 09/17/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Ogden Theatre Denver Colorado US 11/02/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Vogue Theater Vancouver British Columbia Canada 11/05/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Warfield San Francisco California US 11/08/1996
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 11/13/1996
Robyn Hitchcock Flamingo's Bar & Grill Knoxville Tennessee US 02/23/1997
Robyn Hitchcock The Point Atlanta Georgia US 02/26/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 03/19/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Magic Stick Detroit Michigan US 05/22/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/24/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Melarkey's Sacramento California US 06/03/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Aladdin Theater Portland Oregon US 06/06/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Backstage Seattle Washington US 06/07/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Boat Race Cambridge England UK 07/17/1997
Robyn Hitchcock WOMAD Festival (Rivermead Leisure Center) Reading England UK 07/27/1997
Robyn Hitchcock The Junction Cambridge England UK 08/23/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Bumbershoot Festival Seattle Washington US 08/30/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 11/15/1997
Robyn Hitchcock The Princess Charlotte Leicester England UK 12/06/1997
Robyn Hitchcock Mean Fiddler London England UK 04/04/1998
Robyn Hitchcock Hotel du Nord Paris France 06/28/1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Cactus Café Austin Texas US 10/24/1999
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Soiled Dove Denver Colorado US 11/13/1999
Robyn Hitchcock Vecchi Magazzini Gernali Verona Italy 08/16/2000
Robyn Hitchcock Bommens Salonger Gothenburg Sweden 12/25/2000
Robyn Hitchcock Bottom Line New York New York US 04/12/2002
Robyn Hitchcock Park West Chicago Illinois US 04/16/2002
Robyn Hitchcock Amoeba Records Los Angeles California US 04/27/2002
Robyn Hitchcock Calgary Folk Music Festival Calgary Alberta Canada 07/27/2002
Robyn Hitchcock Shank Hall Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/05/2004
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 03/09/2005
Robyn Hitchcock Black Cat Washington DC US 03/23/2005
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 03/29/2007
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Tivoli de Helling Utrecht Netherlands 06/11/2007
Robyn Hitchcock City Winery New York New York US 02/28/2010
Robyn Hitchcock OzenBar Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 09/10/2011
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 10/05/2012
Robyn Hitchcock The Varsity Theater Minneapolis Minnesota US 09/08/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Mercy Lounge Nashville Tennessee US 09/12/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Spazio Aliferi Florence Italy 11/23/2013
Robyn Hitchcock Cat's Cradle Back Room Carrboro North Carolina US 02/05/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Rams Head on Stage Annapolis Maryland US 02/25/2014
Robyn Hitchcock The Drake Hotel Toronto Ontario Canada 09/11/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Eddie's Attic Decatur Georgia US 11/01/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Rams Head on Stage Annapolis Maryland US 11/08/2014
Robyn Hitchcock 3TEN Austin City Limits Live Austin Texas US 11/11/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Same Sky Productions Austin Texas US 03/17/2017
Robyn Hitchcock The Standard Knoxville Tennessee US 03/24/2017
Robyn Hitchcock The Chapel San Francisco California US 06/08/2017
Robyn Hitchcock The Casbah San Diego California US 06/13/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Turf Club St Paul Minnesota US 06/15/2017
Robyn Hitchcock The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee Wisconsin US 06/18/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Woodstock Playhouse Woodstock New York US 09/02/2017
Robyn Hitchcock Saigon Craft Bar and Grill Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 12/13/2018
Robyn Hitchcock The Chapel San Francisco California US 12/27/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Randy Now's Man Cave Bordentown New Jersey US 04/12/2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Center For Arts Natick Massachusetts US 04/20/2019
Robyn Hitchcock The Smokehouse Ipswich England UK 05/03/2019
Robyn Hitchcock StageOne Fairfield Connecticut US 11/22/2019
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 06/17/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 07/29/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/11/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/17/2021
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift The Crypt Studio London England UK 05/26/2021
Robyn Hitchcock The Horn St Albans England UK 09/14/2021
Robyn Hitchcock The Bodega Nottingham England UK 09/23/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Summerhall Edinburgh Scotland UK 10/02/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Jammin Java Vienna Virginia US 10/07/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Rams Head on Stage Annapolis Maryland US 10/10/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Calvin Theatre Northampton Massachusetts US 10/21/2021
Robyn Hitchcock StageOne Fairfield Connecticut US 10/23/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Turf Club St Paul Minnesota US 04/15/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Moe's Alley Santa Cruz California US 05/20/2022
Robyn Hitchcock HIPNIC Big Sur California US 05/21/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Harlow's Sacramento California US 05/23/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 08/24/2022
Robyn Hitchcock The Cornish Bank Falmouth England UK 09/13/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Redgrave Theatre Bristol England UK 09/15/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Corn Exchange Hertford England UK 09/20/2022
Robyn Hitchcock South Street Arts Center Reading England UK 09/21/2022
Robyn Hitchcock The Lighthouse Deal England UK 09/22/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Norwich Puppet Theatre Norwich England UK 09/23/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 09/24/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 12/21/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Mono - Kings Court Glasgow Scotland UK 03/01/2023
Robyn Hitchcock The Court House Bangor Northern Ireland UK 03/05/2023
Robyn Hitchcock Turf Club St Paul Minnesota US 03/28/2023
Robyn Hitchcock SPACE Evanston Illinois US 03/29/2023
Robyn Hitchcock The Bowery Ballroom New York New York US 04/01/2023
Robyn Hitchcock The Betsey Trotwood London England UK 07/01/2023

Lyrics

Serpent at the gates of wisdom
Curling round a tree
WIth your eyes so dark and empty
Looking straight through me
How did you get so unwinding?
Do you know my sins?
When you're so close to the answer
Why don't you go in?

Serpent at the gates of wisdom
Who did you deceive?
She was weak, but that's no reason
For what you did to Eve
You're a fool -- you broke the stillness
She gave birth to desire
Rolling down the frozen highway
Like a burning tyre

Serpent at the gates of wisdom
Where do you belong?
Wisdom cannot be transmitted
It keeps you hanging on
Do you really serve the Devil
If it's all God's plan?
Good and evil need each other
Honey I'm your man

Serpent at the gates of wisdom
Like a purple scar
Leering at me round the dashboard
As I reach my car
I close the door, I start the engine
And I will take control
God above, and all his angels, have mercy on your soul

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