Underwater Moonlight Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
73

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Album 1980
Two Halves for the Price of One The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Album 1981
The Soft Boys 1976-1981 The Soft Boys Rykodisc Album 1993
Where Are The Prawns? The Soft Boys Fan Club release 1994
Maxwell's, New York, 1980 The Soft Boys Handmade Productions Bootleg 1998
Underwater Moonlight (Nextdoorland bonus 7") The Soft Boys Matador Album 2002

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock Hope & Anchor London England UK 01/05/1980
The Soft Boys Hope & Anchor London England UK 03/28/1980
The Soft Boys Club Eighties New York New York US 09/05/1980
The Soft Boys Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 09/06/1980
The Soft Boys Dingwalls London England UK 12/07/1980
The Soft Boys Hope & Anchor London England UK 01/23/1981
The Soft Boys Hope & Anchor London England UK 01/30/1981
The Soft Boys Astoria London England UK 01/13/1994
The Soft Boys The Concorde Brighton England UK 01/14/1994
The Soft Boys Astoria London England UK 01/15/1994
The Soft Boys Corn Exchange Cambridge England UK 01/17/1994
The Soft Boys The Three Kings London England UK 03/11/2001
The Soft Boys Austin Music Hall Austin Texas US 03/17/2001
The Soft Boys Fletcher's Baltimore Maryland US 03/19/2001
The Soft Boys Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia Pennsylvania US 03/20/2001
The Soft Boys 9:30 Club Washington DC US 03/21/2001
The Soft Boys Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 03/23/2001
The Soft Boys Paradise Rock Club Boston Massachusetts US 03/26/2001
The Soft Boys The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Ontario Canada 03/28/2001
The Soft Boys St. Andrew's Hall Detroit Michigan US 03/29/2001
The Soft Boys Metro Chicago Illinois US 03/30/2001
The Soft Boys First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 03/31/2001
The Soft Boys Richard's on Richards Vancouver British Columbia Canada 04/03/2001
The Soft Boys Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 04/04/2001
The Soft Boys Pine Street Theatre Portland Oregon US 04/05/2001
The Soft Boys The Fillmore San Francisco California US 04/07/2001
The Soft Boys KCRW Santa Monica California US 04/09/2001
The Soft Boys Knitting Factory Los Angeles California US 04/10/2001
The Soft Boys The Junction Cambridge England UK 04/18/2001
The Soft Boys Fleece and Firkin Bristol England UK 04/19/2001
The Soft Boys Pavilion Theatre Brighton England UK 04/20/2001
The Soft Boys The Waterfront Norwich England UK 04/22/2001
The Soft Boys The Basement Nottingham England UK 04/23/2001
The Soft Boys The Cathouse Glasgow Scotland UK 04/24/2001
The Soft Boys Electric Ballroom London England UK 04/26/2001
The Soft Boys The Zodiac Oxford England UK 04/27/2001
The Soft Boys Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth England UK 04/29/2001
The Soft Boys The Evershot Village Hall Evershot England UK 09/15/2001
The Soft Boys The Square Harlow England UK 10/18/2001
The Soft Boys Southbank Centre - Royal Festival Hall London England UK 10/19/2001
The Soft Boys Roadmender Northampton England UK 12/05/2001
The Soft Boys Notting Hill Arts Club London England UK 12/12/2001
The Soft Boys Railway Inn Winchester England UK 10/16/2002
The Soft Boys Mean Fiddler London England UK 10/17/2002
The Soft Boys Variety Playhouse Atlanta Georgia US 10/22/2002
The Soft Boys 40 Watt Club Athens Georgia US 10/22/2002
The Soft Boys Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 10/25/2002
The Soft Boys The Bowery Ballroom New York New York US 10/26/2002
The Soft Boys Mercury Lounge New York New York US 10/27/2002
The Soft Boys The Double Door Chicago Illinois US 10/28/2002
The Soft Boys First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/29/2002
The Soft Boys Crocodile Café Seattle Washington US 10/31/2002
The Soft Boys Slim's San Francisco California US 11/02/2002
The Soft Boys House of Blues West Hollywood California US 11/04/2002
The Soft Boys Largo Los Angeles California US 11/05/2002
The Soft Boys La Scuderia Bologna Italy 01/15/2003
The Soft Boys Jux Tap Sarzana Italy 01/16/2003
The Soft Boys Teatro Toscanini Chiari Italy 01/18/2003
The Soft Boys Temple Bar Music Centre Dublin Ireland 01/22/2003
The Soft Boys Fleece and Firkin Bristol England UK 01/26/2003
The Soft Boys The Zodiac Oxford England UK 01/27/2003
The Soft Boys Boat Race Cambridge England UK 01/29/2003
Robyn Hitchcock Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall London England UK 01/30/2010
Robyn Hitchcock The Fleece Bristol England UK 04/16/2010
Robyn Hitchcock O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham England UK 04/18/2010
Robyn Hitchcock Komedia Brighton England UK 04/19/2010
Robyn Hitchcock O2 Academy Islington London England UK 04/20/2010
Robyn Hitchcock Glastonbury Festival Pilton England UK 06/24/2011
Robyn Hitchcock's New Melbournian Softest of the Soft Boys The Tote Melbourne Victoria Australia 12/20/2016
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 08/04/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 08/06/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 09/01/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/08/2023

Lyrics

He was white and she was white
As only statues are
Fifty years they stood there looking
Stupid by a jar
One night in mid August when the
Moonlight got too strong
They climbed off their pedestals and
Then they sang this song

Past the gun emplacement and the
Bones as white as bleach
Through the rats and ivy till they
Came out on a beach
Out into the ocean til they
Disappeared from view
Honey, when it gets you there's just
Nothing you can do

Underwater moonlight sets the body free
Underwater moonlight, baby you and me
Underwater moonlight
Underwater moonlight

He was pink and she was pink and
Onward they did row
Didn't see the giant squid though
It was fairly slow
When they hit the bottom they were
Well and truly dead
The statues took their place and then they
Rowed back home instead

Underwater moonlight, take your baby down
Underwater moonlight watch your baby drown with love
And in the moonlight
Underwater moonlight
Underwater moonlight
Underwater moonlight

What skill
I can take you down
Through the sea        (moonlight)
You can feed the fish    (moonlight)
Why don't you feed the fish?   (moonlight)
Why don't you feed the fish?   (moonlight)

Underwater moonlight sets the body free
Underwater moonlight, baby you and me
Underwater moonlight
Underwater moonlight
Underwater moonlight
Underwater moonlight