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Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
45

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
Eye Robyn Hitchcock Twin/Tone; Glass Fish Records Album 1990
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Luminous Groove Box Set sampler Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians Yep Roc Promo 2008
Luminous Groove Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Yep Roc Records Album 2008

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Ronnie Scott's London England UK 02/02/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Paradise Centre Reading England UK 06/02/1986
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Norwich Arts Centre Norwich England UK 06/06/1986
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 05/10/1987
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 07/13/1987
Robyn Hitchcock Club Lingerie Los Angeles California US 07/17/1987
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/18/1987
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/18/1987
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 10/25/1987
Robyn Hitchcock Mean Fiddler London England UK 12/05/1987
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Band on the Wall Manchester England UK 02/09/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Zap Club Brighton England UK 02/16/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Hackney Empire London England UK 02/17/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians Grove Arts Centre Dorchester England UK 02/19/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Ronnie Scott's London England UK 06/05/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 07/20/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Constitution Hall Washington DC US 07/21/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Pier 84 New York New York US 07/22/1988
Robyn Hitchcock 9:30 Club Washington DC US 07/24/1988
Robyn Hitchcock Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 07/28/1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/29/1988
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 07/30/1988
Robyn Hitchcock & Peter Buck Paradise Lounge San Francisco California US 03/11/1989
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 04/25/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Blue Wall (UMass) Amherst Massachusetts US 09/23/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Backstage Seattle Washington US 09/27/1989
Robyn Hitchcock Soho Natural Sessions New York New York US 03/13/1990
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 05/26/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US 05/30/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Iron Horse Northampton Massachusetts US 10/11/1990
Robyn Hitchcock Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US 01/09/2004
Pestival Southbank Centre - Queen Elizabeth Hall London England UK 09/04/2009
Robyn Hitchcock Slim's San Francisco California US 11/17/2011
Robyn Hitchcock The Bell House New York New York US 11/19/2011
Robyn Hitchcock St. Leonard's Church London England UK 11/26/2011
Robyn Hitchcock McCabe's Santa Monica California US 01/21/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Ozen Bar Tel Aviv-Jaffa Israel 03/22/2012
Robyn Hitchcock Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago Illinois US 10/13/2012
Robyn Hitchcock The Chapel San Francisco California US 03/03/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 05/20/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 05/22/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 06/24/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Robyn & Emma's house Nashville Tennessee US 07/03/2020
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift The Crypt Studio London England UK 05/26/2021
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 02/16/2022

Comments

Per an appearance on "Music View," Robyn stated that this song (like its thematically similar sibling "A Globe of Frogs") was originally slated to appear on the then-upcoming release Globe of Frogs.

Lyrics

In agony of pleasure
I crumble to my knees
I lick your frozen treasure
You cup my furry bees

But one bee bubbles over
Your fleshy brimming cup
It falls into the clover
And lands all downside up

It crawls across your stomach
Not far above the food
That you are still digesting
Inside your large intestine

And into your hydrangea
It draws its furry legs
You're crouching like a stranger
That aches to lay her eggs

In ecstacy of pressure
You quiver in the jam
While naked angels measure
A piece of rotting ham

In symphonies of jelly
You play with my disease
While back across your belly
There crawl dusty bees 

Tablature

<standard verse- all but two>
F           C
in agony of pleasure
F#              C#
i crumble to my knees
G#                  F#
i lick your frozen treasure
E                 B
you cup my furry bees

but one bee bubbles over
your fleshy brimming cup
it falls into the clover
and lands all downside up

<note: this verse slightly different in the last line>
F           C
it crawls across your stomach
F#              C#
not far above the food
G#                  F#
that you are still digesting
G#                  D#
inside your large intestine

and into your hydrangea
it draws its furry legs
you're crouching like a stranger
that aches to lay her eggs

<note: this verse slightly different in the last line>
F           C
in ecstacy of pressure
F#              C#
you quiver in the jam
G#                  F#
while naked angels measure
G#                 D# A#
a piece of rotting ha-m

in symphonies of jelly
you play with my disease
while back across your belly
there crawl dusty bees