The Asking Tree: A Robyn Hitchcock Catalog

The Wreck of the Arthur Lee Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

According to our records, Robyn has played this song 156 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on January 19, 2025. He first performed it at Deep Ellum Live on July 03, 1992, 32 years and 6 months earlier.

Releases

Title	Artist	Label	Type	Year
Respect	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	A&M Records	Album	1993
Spectre	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	A&M Records	Promo	1993
Luminous Groove	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Yep Roc Records	Album	2008

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Gigs

Venue	Billed As	City	State	Country	Date
Deep Ellum Live	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Dallas	Texas	US	07/03/1992
The Coach House	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	San Juan Capistrano	California	US	07/10/1992
Edge	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Palo Alto	California	US	07/13/1992
The Concorde	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Brighton	England	UK	07/29/1992
9:30 Club	Robyn Hitchcock	Washington	DC	US	12/28/1992
9:30 Club	Robyn Hitchcock	Washington	DC	US	12/29/1992
40 Watt Club	Robyn Hitchcock	Athens	Georgia	US	01/02/1993
Highland Grounds	Robyn Hitchcock	Los Angeles	California	US	03/22/1993
MTV 120 Minutes 'Left of the Dial'	Robyn Hitchcock	New York	New York	US	04/01/1993
Compton Terrace	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Phoenix	Arizona	US	04/23/1993

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Lyrics

The wreck of the Arthur Lee
Will never return again

The captain and all his men
Went up and jumped overboard
"Jesus is Lord" they cried

Believe in love!
Believe in love
And I'll believe in you

The missing Avenger planes
Will never return to base
-- don't you wait up for them

How often have you boys said
"I ain't gonna bump no more"?
"We ain't gonna bump no more"

Believe in love!  Believe in love!
And I'll believe if you'll believe in me
I got home
There was nobody there
Just the phone
Let it ring in the air
But it's home

The wreck of the Arthur Lee
Will never return again
Never return again