Tropical Flesh Mandala Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
29

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Globe of Frogs Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians A&M Records Album 1988
Stand Back, Dennis! Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Bootleg 1994
The Kershaw Sessions Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians Strange Roots Album 1994

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Tartan Bar Leeds England UK 01/24/1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Town and Country Club London England UK 01/25/1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians MyWay Piacenza Italy 02/10/1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Vinile Rosà Italy 02/15/1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians ? (Atlanta, Georgia, US) Atlanta Georgia US 02/03/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians BBC Radio 1 London England UK 02/04/1988
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 Beacon Theatre New York New York US 03/31/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Paradise Rock Club Boston Massachusetts US 04/01/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians BBC - Kershaw Session London England UK 04/02/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Chestnut Cabaret Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 04/04/1988
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 Foellinger Auditorium Champaign-Urbana Illinois US 04/08/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Cabaret Metro Chicago Illinois US 04/09/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Union Theatre Madison Wisconsin US 04/10/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 04/11/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians John Anson Ford Theater Los Angeles California US 04/15/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Beacon Theatre New York New York US 04/17/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Bumbershoot Festival - Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle Washington US 09/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Inkstick Shibura Factory Tokyo Japan 09/16/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Arco Arena Sacramento California US 03/13/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Centre Stage Atlanta Georgia US 06/09/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Lisner Auditorium George Washington University Washington DC US 06/14/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Diamond Club Toronto Ontario Canada 06/22/1989
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Newport Music Hall Columbus Ohio US 06/27/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 01/19/2022
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/02/2022

Lyrics

Lying out there on the beach
Was a pleasant growth
In the reach of me and you
In the reach of both

Tropical flesh mandala
Tropical flesh mandala

Floating in a moist exotic pool
Feeling so good-natured I could drool

So I took a photograph
So there'd be no doubt
When I got the pictures back
None of them came out

Tropical flesh mandala
Tropical flesh mandala

Underneath your ribcage and your skin
Honey, there's a new way to get in

It was covered in pink scales
Lots of tiny feathers
Valves that opened up and closed
Very tight together

Tropical flesh mandala
Tropical flesh mandala

On the night the creature came ashore
Someone told Joanna what they're for

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