Blues in the Dark Releases Gigs Lyrics

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 22 times, most recently at Robyn and Emma's house on October 23, 2020. He first performed it at St John's Pythagoras Room on November 24, 1977, 42 years and 10 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
A Can of Bees The Soft Boys Two Crabs Music Album 1979
Invisible Hits The Soft Boys Midnight Music Album 1983
Rout Of The Clones The Soft Boys Bootleg 1995
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
St John's Pythagoras Room Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 11/24/1977
Hope & Anchor Leppo & the Jooves London England UK 08/26/1978
Alma The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 08/28/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 09/15/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 10/06/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 10/14/1978
77 Club The Soft Boys Nuneaton England UK 10/17/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 10/20/1978
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 10/27/1978
Downing College, Cambridge University The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 10/28/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 11/11/1978
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 11/16/1978
Leicester University The Soft Boys Leicester England UK 11/21/1978
Eric's The Soft Boys Liverpool England UK 11/25/1978
Lady Mitchell Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 11/27/1978
Hope & Anchor The Soft Boys London England UK 12/08/1978
Corn Exchange (Heads) The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 12/23/1978
Mid-Herts College The Soft Boys Welwyn Garden City England UK 01/20/1979
Alex Wood Hall The Soft Boys Cambridge England UK 02/03/1979
Nashville Rooms The Soft Boys London England UK 03/03/1979
Rock Garden The Soft Boys London England UK 03/10/1979
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift London England UK 10/23/2020

Lyrics

Your arm it's made of silver
Your elbow's made of gold
Is your heart all black and empty
Like a crater to behold

And your feet made of out nothing
As they dance across the plain
They're swifter than an an orange
That unfurls inside a drain

Your front door and my old face
Watch them sinking without trace
Without trace

Come inside my little sparrow
Let me feed you to my soul
You are writhing in the furnace
Of the luxury you stole

Come you fair and tender creature
Oh whatever be your trade
Lie across the tattooed carpet
And prepare to lick the blade

Your old face and my front door
Watch them fade forevermore
Evermore

No I'll never understand you
That's just not what people do
They can fight and they can dribble
Till their memories are through

And I don't know why I came here
But I'll know it when I'm gone
'Cause tonight you looks so useless
Go on baby call me wrong

You're the one I left you for
I don't love you anymore
Anymore