Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 139 times, most recently at White Eagle Hall on April 23, 2024. He first performed it at Park West on June 17, 1992, 31 years and 10 months earlier.
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
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Park West Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Chicago Illinois US 06/17/1992
The Coach House Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians San Juan Capistrano California US 07/10/1992
Wadsworth Arts Centre, UCLA Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Los Angeles California US 07/11/1992
Edge Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Palo Alto California US 07/13/1992
Great American Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians San Francisco California US 07/14/1992
The Concorde Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Brighton England UK 07/29/1992
9:30 Club Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 12/28/1992
9:30 Club Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 12/29/1992
40 Watt Club Robyn Hitchcock Athens Georgia US 01/02/1993
Grande Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 01/20/1993
MTV (120 Minutes) Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 02/14/1993
KCRW Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 03/22/1993
Warfield Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians San Francisco California US 04/28/1993
La Luna Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Portland Oregon US 04/30/1993
Backstage Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Seattle Washington US 05/02/1993
First Avenue Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/08/1993
St. Andrew's Hall Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Detroit Michigan US 05/11/1993
Mountain Stage Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Charleston West Virginia US 05/12/1993
Toad's Place Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians New Haven Connecticut US 05/20/1993
Keswick Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Glenside Pennsylvania US 05/21/1993
Fast Lane Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Asbury Park New Jersey US 05/22/1993
Joiners Arms Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Southampton England UK 08/02/1993
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Cambridge England UK 08/03/1993
Big Star Records Robyn Hitchcock Adelaide South Australia Australia 11/01/1993
Club Quattro Robyn Hitchcock Tokyo Japan 11/10/1993
Toad's Place Robyn Hitchcock New Haven Connecticut US 01/01/1994
Auditorium Flog Robyn Hitchcock Florence Italy 03/04/1994
Ruvido Club Robyn Hitchcock Bologna Italy 03/05/1994
Blob House Robyn Hitchcock Bergamo Italy 03/07/1994
Jazz Cafe Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 03/14/1994
Ultrasound Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 05/10/1994
Harpo's Robyn Hitchcock Victoria British Columbia Canada 05/13/1994
St. James Church Crypt Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/14/1994
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 09/16/1994
Bottom of the Hill Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 09/22/1994
Yarmouth Station Robyn Hitchcock Isle of Wight England UK 08/26/1995
Belly Up Tavern Peter Himmelman Solana Beach California US 09/21/1995
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 09/22/1995
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 10/04/1995
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 01/12/1996
Salon El Carmen Robyn Hitchcock Bilbao Spain 04/18/1996
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 05/24/1996
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/27/1996
12 Bar Club Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/17/1996
Ogden Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Denver Colorado US 11/02/1996
Vogue Theater Robyn Hitchcock Vancouver British Columbia Canada 11/05/1996
Warfield Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 11/08/1996
9:30 Club Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 11/13/1996
Flamingo's Bar & Grill Robyn Hitchcock Knoxville Tennessee US 02/23/1997
The Point Robyn Hitchcock Atlanta Georgia US 02/26/1997
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 03/19/1997
The Magic Stick Robyn Hitchcock Detroit Michigan US 05/22/1997
Cedar Cultural Center Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 05/24/1997
Fox Theatre & Café Robyn Hitchcock Ogden Colorado US 05/27/1997
Melarkey's Robyn Hitchcock Sacramento California US 06/03/1997
Aladdin Theater Robyn Hitchcock Portland Oregon US 06/06/1997
Backstage Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 06/07/1997
Boat Race Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 07/17/1997
WOMAD Festival (Rivermead Leisure Center) Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 07/27/1997
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 08/23/1997
Bumbershoot Festival Robyn Hitchcock Seattle Washington US 08/30/1997
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 11/15/1997
The Princess Charlotte Robyn Hitchcock Leicester England UK 12/06/1997
Mean Fiddler Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/04/1998
Hotel du Nord Robyn Hitchcock Paris France 06/28/1999
Cactus Café Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Austin Texas US 10/24/1999
Soiled Dove Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA Denver Colorado US 11/13/1999
Vecchi Magazzini Gernali Robyn Hitchcock Verona Italy 08/16/2000
Bommens Salonger Robyn Hitchcock Gothenburg Sweden 12/25/2000
Bottom Line Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 04/12/2002
Park West Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 04/16/2002
Amoeba Records Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 04/27/2002
Calgary Folk Music Festival Robyn Hitchcock Calgary Alberta Canada 07/27/2002
Shank Hall Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 11/05/2004
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 03/09/2005
Black Cat Robyn Hitchcock Washington DC US 03/23/2005
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Northampton Massachusetts US 03/29/2007
Tivoli de Helling Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Utrecht Netherlands 06/11/2007
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 02/28/2010
OzenBar Robyn Hitchcock Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 09/10/2011
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 10/05/2012
The Varsity Theater Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 09/08/2013
Mercy Lounge Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 09/12/2013
Spazio Aliferi Robyn Hitchcock Florence Italy 11/23/2013
Cat's Cradle Back Room Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro North Carolina US 02/05/2014
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock Annapolis Maryland US 02/25/2014
The Drake Hotel Robyn Hitchcock Toronto Ontario Canada 09/11/2014
Eddie's Attic Robyn Hitchcock Decatur Georgia US 11/01/2014
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock Annapolis Maryland US 11/08/2014
3TEN Austin City Limits Live Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 11/11/2016
Same Sky Productions Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 03/17/2017
The Standard Robyn Hitchcock Knoxville Tennessee US 03/24/2017
The Chapel Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 06/08/2017
The Casbah Robyn Hitchcock San Diego California US 06/13/2017
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 06/15/2017
The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 06/18/2017
Woodstock Playhouse Robyn Hitchcock Woodstock New York US 09/02/2017
Saigon Craft Bar and Grill Robyn Hitchcock Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 12/13/2018
The Chapel Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 12/27/2018
Randy Now's Man Cave Robyn Hitchcock Bordentown New Jersey US 04/12/2019
The Center For Arts Robyn Hitchcock Natick Massachusetts US 04/20/2019
The Smokehouse Robyn Hitchcock Ipswich England UK 05/03/2019
StageOne Robyn Hitchcock Fairfield Connecticut US 11/22/2019
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 06/17/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 07/29/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 12/11/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 02/17/2021
The Crypt Studio Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 05/26/2021
The Horn Robyn Hitchcock St Albans England UK 09/14/2021
The Swiss Cottage Robyn Hitchcock Twyford England UK 09/18/2021
The Bodega Robyn Hitchcock Nottingham England UK 09/23/2021
Summerhall Robyn Hitchcock Edinburgh Scotland UK 10/02/2021
Jammin Java Robyn Hitchcock Vienna Virginia US 10/07/2021
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock Annapolis Maryland US 10/10/2021
Calvin Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 10/21/2021
StageOne Robyn Hitchcock Fairfield Connecticut US 10/23/2021
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 04/15/2022
Moe's Alley Robyn Hitchcock Santa Cruz California US 05/20/2022
HIPNIC Robyn Hitchcock Big Sur California US 05/21/2022
Harlow's Robyn Hitchcock Sacramento California US 05/23/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/24/2022
The Cornish Bank Robyn Hitchcock Falmouth England UK 09/13/2022
Redgrave Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Bristol England UK 09/15/2022
Corn Exchange Robyn Hitchcock Hertford England UK 09/20/2022
South Street Arts Center Robyn Hitchcock Reading England UK 09/21/2022
The Lighthouse Robyn Hitchcock Deal England UK 09/22/2022
Norwich Puppet Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Norwich England UK 09/23/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/24/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 12/21/2022
Mono - Kings Court Robyn Hitchcock Glasgow Scotland UK 03/01/2023
The Court House Robyn Hitchcock Bangor Northern Ireland UK 03/05/2023
Turf Club Robyn Hitchcock Saint Paul Minnesota US 03/28/2023
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 03/29/2023
The Bowery Ballroom Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 04/01/2023
The Betsey Trotwood Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/01/2023
The Blue Door Robyn Hitchcock Oklahoma City Oklahoma US 01/22/2024
LowDown Robyn Hitchcock Tulsa Oklahoma US 01/23/2024
The Armory Robyn Hitchcock Fort Collins Colorado US 01/27/2024
White Eagle Hall Robyn Hitchcock Jersey City New Jersey US 04/23/2024

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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