Robyn Hitchcock : Misc: Solo

From the album Goodnight Oslo.

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Knock yourself out yesterday

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Tomorrow will be fine

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It's all for the best you say

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Somewhere down the line

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Everything is fine

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Everything is mine Pharaoh's tomb is empty now You can come right in Bandage up your grin Bandage up your sins

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Oh I am in a hurry for the sky

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Oh I am in a hurry for the sky, yeah You can easily confuse money with success Success is always relative, money is acute Money's absolute, money in your dress Oh, I am in a hurry for the sky Yes, I am in a hurry for the sky

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Number two said to number one You fix this up or you're finished, son Number three said to number two I wish I could trade boots with you

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Number four said to number five

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How does it feel to be eaten alive?

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Number 5 said Oh, I, I'm not an integrated guy Oh, I am in a hurry for the sky Hurry for the sky

From the album I Often Dream Of Trains.

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I often dream of trains when I'm alone I ride on them into another zone

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I dream of them constantly, heading for paradise

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Or Basingstoke, or Reading I often dream of trains when I'm awake They ride along beside a frozen lake And there in the buffet car, I wait for eternity Or Basingstoke, or Reading I often dream of trains till it gets light The summer turns to winter overnight The leaves fall so suddenly, the sun sets at four o'clock Exactly what I'm dreading I often dream of trains when I'm with you I wonder if you dream about them too Maybe we'll meet one night, out in the corridor I'm waiting for you baby

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Baby, baby, baby, baby

From the album Robyn Hitchcock.

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I pray when I'm drunk, I pray for guidance

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To get me from the sewer where I am

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Yeah, I don't know who to, I pray to someone

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To get me on my way and give a damn

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Yeah, I pray when I'm drunk, pray when I'm sober

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I'm grateful for the man than I've become

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Yeah, I swarm with the bees and I booze with the mackerel

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And I think about you every time I strum

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Some things can change

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D

Some things you cannot change

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All things are strange I pray when I'm drunk, I feel the hammer Of judgement as it smashes on my soul Yeah, I'm glad that I'm drunk, I feel more open To spiritual leanings that I hold Yeah, I'm glad when I'm drunk, glad when I'm sober I'm grateful for the hangover that's gone And I'm grateful to you, and all the pickings From the carcass of the life that I came from From the carcass of the life that I came from

From the album A Star For Bram.

I used to love you, I used to walk the line I used to love you, though you were in decline But then I left you to be with someone else Oh I left you to be with myself I used to love you, 'cause you were where it's at I used to love you, and I would be your cat I wore your hairstyle, I tried to look like you But then I left you, because I'd learned from you I'm going to Cambridge, I'll take that narrow train I'm going to Cambridge, then I'll come down again The police station is still on Parker's Piece It hasn't shifted, nor have the police They do their job, and I do mine I used to love you, I loved your liquid voice I used to love you, because I had no choice But now you're crazy, and I myself am straight And every child must avoid its parents' fate

From the Soft Boys album Underwater Moonlight.

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Blinking on and off it's the Queen of Eyes

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With a carapace shell and her black lace thighs

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I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you Lucky the Pig is out on a limb He's looking for someone to investigate him I don't know why he never gets anywhere with you

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Here I am again, it's no surprise

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Locked in orbit round the Queen of Eyes

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All I ever got from her was lies In this horrible age of abuse and decay It's good to know that somebody is looking OK I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you |

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| Blinking on and off it's the Queen of Eyes With a carapace shell and her black lace thighs I don't know why she never gets anywhere I don't know why she never gets anywhere I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you

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From the album Robyn Hitchcock.

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Losing my face, losing my friends, losing my temper

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Losing my place on the map, losing my home

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Losing my January to December

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But I'm twirling my cane, out on my own

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Sayonara, I'm a loser, but I'm walking on air

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Losing my case, losing my form, losing my tether

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Losing my neighborhood, my self-esteem

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/f#

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Losing my mind, I can't keep it together

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But together is not all that it seems

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Sayonara, I'm a loser, but I'm walking on air, uh-huh

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Losing your trust, losing your love, losing your number

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Losing your praise, your rubber stamp, losing your smile

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/f#

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I never danced, not even a Rumba

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But if I did I'd be dancing in style

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Sayonara, I'm a loser, but I'm walking on air uh-huh

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Goodbye Judge, I won't wait for the sentence

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I know what you always wanted to do

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Goodbye Judge, auf wiedersehen jury

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I'm not sticking around for any of you

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Sayonara, I'm a loser, But I'm walking on air, uh-huh

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Walking on air, yes sir

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Walking on air, uh huh (Air, uh huh) Goodbye, Teddy Bear (Air, uh huh) (Air, uh huh)

From the album I Often Dream Of Trains.

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Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower

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Been on my own so long

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I can't tell left from wrong

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Bloody red bats, squelching offal

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Foaming mutilations in the kiss of death

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Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower

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Been on my own all night

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I can't tell left from light

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Baby come back, gimme fever

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Cauterize this passion with a blood-red kiss

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Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a So I could

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From the album I Often Dream Of Trains.

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Your mother is a journalist, your father is a creep They make it in your bedroom when they think you're fast asleep The scenes that they're enacting now beside your little bed Are never in your consciousness but always in your head

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Baby, it might sound dodgy now

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But it sounds great when you're dead

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It sounds great when you're Your sister is a butterfly, your brother is a drunk You gaze at him reclining in formaldehyde a trunk He lives and breathes on systems that nobody can supply And you're immune to everything except the butterfly, yeah Baby, it might sound dodgy now But it sounds great when you're dead

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It sounds great when you're dead

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Baby, you're incredible, I think that you're the most I've searched around for everything like you from coast to coast Your name engraved in diamonds written in my heart We're at our most together when we're at our most apart Baby, it might sound dodgy now But it sounds great when you're dead

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Baby, it might sound dodgy now

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But baby let me assure you

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It sounds great when you're dead

Robyn Hitchcock : Misc: Solo

Hurry For The Sky
2009

I Often Dream Of Trains
1984

I Pray When I'm Drunk
2017

I Used To Love You
2000

Queen Of Eyes
1980

Sayonara Judge
2017

Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
1984

Sounds Great When You're Dead
1984

Robyn Hitchcock : Misc: Solo

Hurry For The Sky 2009

I Often Dream Of Trains 1984

I Pray When I'm Drunk 2017

I Used To Love You 2000

Queen Of Eyes 1980

Sayonara Judge 2017

Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl 1984

Sounds Great When You're Dead 1984

Hurry For The Sky
2009

I Often Dream Of Trains
1984

I Pray When I'm Drunk
2017

I Used To Love You
2000

Queen Of Eyes
1980

Sayonara Judge
2017

Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
1984

Sounds Great When You're Dead
1984