When I Was a Kid Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
30

Releases

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

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
The Soft Boys Great Northern Hotel Cambridge England UK 01/19/1982
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Berkeley Square Berkeley California US 11/19/1986
Robyn Hitchcock and.... The Garage London England UK 01/25/2002
Robyn Hitchcock Largo Los Angeles California US 04/30/2002
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 WFMU Jersey City New Jersey US 10/25/2002
The Soft Boys First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/29/2002
The Soft Boys House of Blues West Hollywood California US 11/04/2002
The Soft Boys BBC 6 Music London England UK 11/28/2002
The Soft Boys Teatro Toscanini Chiari Italy 01/18/2003
The Soft Boys The Zodiac Oxford England UK 01/27/2003
Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Academy II Birmingham England UK 01/20/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Rescue Rooms Nottingham England UK 01/21/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 The Junction Cambridge England UK 01/22/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Scala London England UK 01/25/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Fleece and Firkin Bristol England UK 01/26/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Minus 3 Phoenix Exeter England UK 01/27/2006
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5 Slim's San Francisco California US 02/27/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Rex Theatre Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/13/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Sellersville Theater Sellersville Pennsylvania US 11/14/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 11/18/2006
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 Easy Street Records Seattle Washington US 11/25/2006
Robyn Hitchcock BBC 6 Music - Marc Riley Salford England UK 10/23/2019
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 07/09/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Private House Sydney New South Wales Australia 03/03/2022
Robyn Hitchcock The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee Wisconsin US 04/20/2022

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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