Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
119

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
I Often Dream of Trains Robyn Hitchcock Midnight Music Album 1984
Gotta Let This Hen Out! Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Midnight Music Album 1985
A Soft Boy No More Robyn Hitchcock Blue Lake Records Bootleg 1988
Stand Back, Dennis! Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Bootleg 1994
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Sex, Food, Death... and Tarantulas Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 Yep Roc Album 2007
Luminous Groove Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Yep Roc Records Album 2008
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 Saturday Live on BBC Radio 1 London England UK 09/15/1984
"Robyn Hitchcock & Chums" (First Egyptians gig) Hope & Anchor London England UK 09/29/1984
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Dingwalls London England UK 11/17/1984
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Bell London England UK 12/17/1984
Robyn Hitchcock Onkel Pö Hamburg Germany 02/17/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Dingwalls London England UK 03/15/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Institute of Contemporary Arts London England UK 03/23/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Ronnie Scott's London England UK 04/21/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Marquee London England UK 04/27/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Clarendon Hotel London England UK 05/17/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Institute of Contemporary Arts London England UK 05/23/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Irving Plaza New York New York US 06/21/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Cabaret Metro Chicago Illinois US 06/22/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Club Lingerie Los Angeles California US 06/28/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Continental Club Austin Texas US 06/29/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 08/01/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Irving Plaza New York New York US 08/02/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Jonathan Swift's Cambridge Massachusetts US 08/03/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Electric Screen Cinema London England UK 09/06/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Mountford Hall Liverpool England UK 10/25/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians UMIST Manchester England UK 10/26/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 9:30 Club Washington DC US 11/09/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Blind Pig Ann Arbor Michigan US 11/13/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 7th St. Entry Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/16/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 7th St. Entry Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/17/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Mabel's Champaign Illinois US 11/19/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Patio Indianapolis Indiana US 11/20/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 688 Club Atlanta Georgia US 11/22/1985
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians UCSD Gym Steps San Diego California US 03/13/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians I-Beam San Francisco California US 03/17/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Starry Night Portland Oregon US 03/21/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Moore Theatre Seattle Washington US 03/22/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 03/26/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 9:30 Club Washington DC US 03/28/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 03/30/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Zentrum Zoo Tubingen Germany 04/13/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Metropol Aachen Germany 04/15/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Rose Club Cologne Germany 04/16/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Fabrik Hamburg Germany 04/20/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Ritz New York New York US 11/01/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Paradise Rock Club Boston Massachusetts US 11/02/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Cabaret Metro Chicago Illinois US 11/07/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Nectarine Ballroom Ann Arbor Michigan US 11/10/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians 9:30 Club Washington DC US 11/13/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Haverford College, Founders Hall Haverford Pennsylvania US 11/15/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians I-Beam San Francisco California US 11/17/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians One Step Beyond Santa Clara California US 11/18/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Berkeley Square Berkeley California US 11/19/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/23/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 11/25/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Tenda Partenope Naples Italy 02/09/1987
Robyn Hitchcock Mean Fiddler London England UK 12/05/1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians ? (Atlanta, Georgia, US) Atlanta Georgia US 02/03/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Band on the Wall Manchester England UK 02/09/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Zap Club Brighton England UK 02/16/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Hackney Empire London England UK 02/17/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Uptown Lounge Athens Georgia US 03/25/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Centre Stage Atlanta Georgia US 03/26/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Graffiti Club Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 04/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians St. Andrew's Hall Detroit Michigan US 04/07/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Fillmore San Francisco California US 04/13/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians John Anson Ford Theater Los Angeles California US 04/15/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 06/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 07/24/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 07/28/1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/29/1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/31/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Paradise Lounge San Francisco California US 08/02/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Bumbershoot Festival - Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle Washington US 09/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Coach House San Juan Capistrano California US 09/10/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Inkstick Shibura Factory Tokyo Japan 09/16/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Virgin Megastore London England UK 12/01/1988
Robyn Hitchcock The Rat Boston Massachusetts US 04/30/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Turtle's Records Atlanta Georgia US 05/05/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians St. Andrew's Hall Detroit Michigan US 06/28/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Blue Wall (UMass) Amherst Massachusetts US 09/23/1989
Robyn Hitchcock TT the Bear's Cambridge Massachusetts US 09/24/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Backstage Seattle Washington US 09/27/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Pine Street Theatre Portland Oregon US 09/28/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Slim's San Francisco California US 10/05/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Yaki Da Gothenburg Sweden 10/27/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Kulturbolaget Malmo Sweden 10/28/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Hultsfred Festival Hultsfred Sweden 11/08/1989
Robyn Hitchcock The Birchmere Alexandria Virginia US 04/23/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Greenstreets Columbia South Carolina US 04/28/1990
Robyn Hitchcock 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US 05/04/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Old Nick's Birmingham Alabama US 05/08/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Tipitina's New Orleans Louisiana US 05/11/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Blind Pig Ann Arbor Michigan US 05/19/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach California US 05/24/1990
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 05/26/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Crest Theatre Sacramento California US 07/06/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Maintenance Shop Ames Iowa US 07/23/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Lounge Ax Chicago Illinois US 07/27/1990
Robyn Hitchcock SUNY, Binghamton Binghamton New York US 10/02/1990
Robyn Hitchcock The Nightstage Cambridge Massachusetts US 10/09/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 10/11/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Haunt Ithaca New York US 10/13/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Blind Pig Ann Arbor Michigan US 10/18/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Bogart's Cincinnati Ohio US 10/20/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Stache's Columbus Ohio US 10/21/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Max's on Broadway Baltimore Maryland US 10/25/1990
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
Bingo Hand Job Borderline London England UK 03/14/1991
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 06/04/1991
Robyn Hitchcock Max's on Broadway Baltimore Maryland US 05/07/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 07/15/1992
The Soft Boys Powerhaus London England UK 10/17/1992
Robyn Hitchcock Northcote Social Club Melbourne Victoria Australia 05/31/2014
Robyn Hitchcock Monty Hall Jersey City New Jersey US 02/15/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Firehouse Center For The Performing Arts Newburyport Massachusetts US 02/17/2018
Robyn Hitchcock & The LA Squires Turf Club St Paul Minnesota US 04/25/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Green Heaven Hotel Hoi An Vietnam 12/07/2018
Robyn Hitchcock Columbus Theatre Providence Rhode Island US 11/23/2019
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 10/02/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 04/09/2021
Robyn Hitchcock, Morris Windsor & Terry Edwards Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 06/18/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Randy Now's Man Cave Bordentown New Jersey US 10/09/2021

Lyrics

Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could wreck myself in the shower
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could wreck myself in the shower

Been on my own so long
I can't tell left from wrong
Bloody red bats squelching offal
Foaming mutilations in the kiss of death

Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could wreck myself in the shower
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could wreck myself in the shower

Been on my own all night
I can't tell left from right
Baby come back, give me fever
Cauterize this passion with a blood red kiss

Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could wreck myself in the shower
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
So I could ____/stab myself in the shower
Sometimes I wish I was a
So I could

<Alternates>
Don't look so embarrassed, it's a family trait   16a

Sometimes I   23a