When I Was a Kid Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 39 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on December 11, 2024. He first performed it at Brillig Arts Centre on April 21, 1979, 45 years and 7 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
A Can of Bees The Soft Boys Two Crabs Music Album 1979
Love Poisoning b/w When I Was A Kid The Soft Boys BOB Records Single 1981
Groovy Decay Robyn Hitchcock Albion Records Album 1982
Invisible Hits The Soft Boys Midnight Music Album 1983
Groovy Decoy Robyn Hitchcock Midnight Music Album 1985
The Day They Ate Brick The Soft Boys Polarad Electronics Corporation Bootleg 1987
Gravy Deco Robyn Hitchcock Rhino Records Album 1995
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Brillig Arts Centre The Soft Boys Bath England UK 04/21/1979
University of East Anglia The Soft Boys Norwich England UK 04/27/1979
Canterbury College of Art The Soft Boys Canterbury England UK 05/01/1979
Pop Club The Soft Boys York England UK 05/02/1979
Boogie House The Soft Boys Norwich England UK 05/03/1979
Newcastle Polytechnic The Soft Boys Newcastle upon Tyne England UK 05/06/1979
Huddersfield Polytechnic The Soft Boys Huddersfield England UK 05/08/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 06/02/1979
Great Northern Hotel The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/19/1982
Berkeley Square Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Berkeley California US 11/19/1986
The Garage Robyn Hitchcock and.... London England UK 01/25/2002
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 04/30/2002
Railway Inn The Soft Boys Winchester England UK 10/16/2002
Mean Fiddler The Soft Boys London England UK 10/17/2002
Variety Playhouse The Soft Boys Atlanta Georgia US 10/21/2002
40 Watt Club The Soft Boys Athens Georgia US 10/22/2002
Maxwell's The Soft Boys Hoboken New Jersey US 10/25/2002
WFMU The Soft Boys Jersey City New Jersey US 10/25/2002
First Avenue The Soft Boys Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/29/2002
House of Blues The Soft Boys West Hollywood California US 11/04/2002
BBC 6 Music The Soft Boys London England UK 11/28/2002
Teatro Toscanini The Soft Boys Chiari Italy 01/18/2003
The Zodiac The Soft Boys Oxford England UK 01/27/2003
Academy II Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Birmingham England UK 01/20/2006
Rescue Rooms Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Nottingham England UK 01/21/2006
The Junction Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Cambridge England UK 01/22/2006
Scala Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 London England UK 01/25/2006
Fleece and Firkin Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Bristol England UK 01/26/2006
Phoenix Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Exeter England UK 01/27/2006
Slim's Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5 San Francisco California US 02/27/2006
Rex Theatre Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/13/2006
Sellersville Theater Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sellersville Pennsylvania US 11/14/2006
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Hoboken New Jersey US 11/18/2006
Easy Street Records Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
BBC 6 Music - Marc Riley Robyn Hitchcock Salford England UK 10/23/2019
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/09/2021
Private House Robyn Hitchcock Sydney New South Wales Australia 03/03/2022
The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Robyn Hitchcock Milwaukee Wisconsin US 04/20/2022
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 12/11/2024

Lyrics

(Invisible Hits version)

When I was a kid
I finished what I did
And I went upstairs in my dressing gown

So I was a kid everyone is that
I went up and I made damn sure
I never came down

Ain't it strange how people get older
They wear you on their head
And they print you on their shoulder
And never believe
I'll be more than free
At least evolve for me

When I was a kid
I wore a broad brim
And sat on him
His toothpaste major is no one oak level
People who traced your new ply devil and aging bee

I swear I could murder that guy
Though I always smile at him when he comes by
He turned me into a businessman
He turned me into a businessman
He turned me into a businessman
He turned me

When I was a kid
I drew blank mushrooms
Sat in ballrooms
Took it on

Then I knew I did
Have the lot when I'd got what I was given
I just took it and
I just couldn't form

Some people get bigger
Some just get dead
When their figures are bled
'Cause their heads are
Stoven right in by the waste of the time
They've been living in their hats so blindly
Time

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