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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 16 times, most recently at The Zodiac on January 27, 2003. He first performed it at The Evershot Village Hall on September 15, 2001, 1 year and 4 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Nextdoorland The Soft Boys Matador Album 2002
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
The Evershot Village Hall The Soft Boys Evershot England UK 09/15/2001
The Square The Soft Boys Harlow England UK 10/18/2001
Notting Hill Arts Club The Soft Boys London England UK 12/12/2001
Railway Inn The Soft Boys Winchester England UK 10/16/2002
Mean Fiddler The Soft Boys London England UK 10/17/2002
Variety Playhouse The Soft Boys Atlanta Georgia US 10/21/2002
Maxwell's The Soft Boys Hoboken New Jersey US 10/25/2002
The Bowery Ballroom The Soft Boys New York New York US 10/26/2002
Mercury Lounge The Soft Boys New York New York US 10/27/2002
The Double Door The Soft Boys Chicago Illinois US 10/28/2002
First Avenue The Soft Boys Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/29/2002
Crocodile Café The Soft Boys Seattle Washington US 10/31/2002
KEXP Variety Mix w/Stevie Zoom The Soft Boys Seattle Washington US 10/31/2002
House of Blues The Soft Boys West Hollywood California US 11/04/2002
Amoeba Records The Soft Boys Los Angeles California US 11/05/2002
The Zodiac The Soft Boys Oxford England UK 01/27/2003

Lyrics

I've got my mojo and I am a piece of the action Oh strings
Strings
Got every black dog that crawls through your undergrowth
Strings
Strings
Each time I see you I peel off another excuse
Strings
Father in heaven or father in purgatory, see what you see from the hill of the dead,
See into all of this little glass family, Strings
Oh Strings
Harmony ruins a bloody good racket, and this little egg was distorted by mother, Oh Strings
Strings
I know I'm right but I just cannot argue,
Arguments make me blow up like a victim Oh Strings
Strings

Evil is the new enemy, evil is the new bad
Evil is the new enemy, evil is the new bad

Swing your partners round and round
Hanging just above the ground
Kiss me quickly wish me luck
Detonating in a ten ton truck
Love me tender on the roof
Afterwards there'll be no proof
Take your partner by the middle
Like a burger on a griddle
If you would retaliate
Just remember love is hate

Cut, cut

Mother is coming, she wants to be friends so the poison can get in you
She's got a map of you, she knows the pressure points -

I wish that I was just paranoid