Black Snake Diamond Rock Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 4 times, most recently at Great Northern Hotel on January 19, 1982. He first performed it at Hope & Anchor on March 28, 1980, 1 year and 9 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Album 1980
Two Halves for the Price of One The Soft Boys Armageddon Records Album 1981
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 03/28/1980
The Africa Centre The Soft Boys London England UK 05/22/1980
Dingwalls The Soft Boys London England UK 12/07/1980
Great Northern Hotel The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 01/19/1982

Lyrics

Black snake diamond role
Twist away across the floor
Trails away like mercury
Have you ever seen her?
Been right in between her?

She's a goddess
You'll pay double
Just to be her candlestick
Black snake diamond rock
Cut in half and watch it shine
Diddle me with confidence
I hear seen her squeeze her bulb
Singing like a windowpane
The mirror's glass a broken face?

Yes.

She's not young and she's not old
She's a woman every time
Got a penthouse full of dwarfs
Lord, I wish that she was mine
Well, maybe she is

Rock around the fire escape
Boogie with a question mark
Dancin' with a rubber snake
Goin' down to Milton Keynes
Lookin' for my destiny
Feelin' young and dignified
In a velvet glitter me

Yes.

Black snake diamond rock
Hungry fingers in a smock
Sucking on a croaker's top
Tulips blossom in a shop

Tulips from Amsterdam
Two lips from Amsterdam
Join together at the sides
Black snake diamond role
I'm gonna win my bride
Gonna be a burning ivy
Well, I hope it be alright
In our special spanner
You me, exquisite her
Tulips from Amsterdam
Tulips from Amsterdam
Two lips

Black snake diamond role
Yeah