Agony of Pleasure Releases Gigs Lyrics Comments Tablature

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 45 times, most recently at Robyn and Emma's house on February 16, 2022. He first performed it at Ronnie Scott's on February 02, 1986, 36 years earlier.

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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