St. Petersburg Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
6

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Groovy Decay Robyn Hitchcock Albion Records Album 1982
Groovy Decoy Robyn Hitchcock Midnight Music Album 1985
Gravy Deco Robyn Hitchcock Rhino Records Album 1995

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock Onkel Pö Hamburg Germany 02/17/1985
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 06/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/31/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 10/27/1990
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians The Palace Los Angeles California US 02/28/1992
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 08/29/2021

Lyrics

In St. Petersburg in the night
Where the light shines down on the snow
On the bannisters, what a mess
I can't guess at what I don't know

She cuts like a knife
She cuts like a wife
She cuts like someone I once knew

She cuts like a stream
Flows into my dream
You cut me and I bleed for you

And in Williamsburg by the lake
Where the stake went deep in your heart
On the bannisters, it's alright
It's so tight that it drives you apart

She hangs from a hook
She hangs like a cook
Had gone and hung her up there
She spins 'round and 'round
Three feet off the ground
But why she does, I don't care

She cuts like a knife
She cuts like a wife
She cuts like someone I once knew

She cuts like a stream
Flows into your dream
You cut me and I bleed for....

<Alternates>
It's unnatural, what we did    13a
So we hid and it kept us apart 14a

She spins but she don't care   20a

<Intro>
"This is a rather sad, quiet song about a couple of people who go
off and die somewhere quietly."  21 apr 85