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Shufflemania!

by Robyn Hitchcock

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1.
THE SHUFFLE MAN I sit out the window I sit out the law I’m gonna see what the Shuffle Man saw Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! Stags are lit by gaslight Stars are lit by jazz I wanna have what the Shuffle Man has Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! Don’t forget to function Don’t be one of those I’m gonna go where the Shuffle Man goes Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! Ready for the bagels? Ready for the hoot? Ready to fly round the world in the Shuffle Man’s boot? Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Oooh Shufflemania Oooh Do yourself a favour Don’t forget the jam You need an offering for the Shuffle Man Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Got the picture? Got the frame? You wanna call me by the Shuffle Man’s name? Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Shuffle Man is ritzy Shuffle Man is rad I wanna have what the Shuffle Man had Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Oooh Shufflemania Oooh Shufflemania Money is the answer To the question that you pose I’m gonna know what the Shuffle Man knows Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Money is the answer So you say I’m eating seaweed the Shuffle Man way Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Oooh Shufflemania
2.
THE INNER LIFE OF SCORPIO I don’t know many actors Or what an actor knows All I do is wonder All I do is ponder The inner life of Scorpio No I don’t know many actors But when I get to shows I marvel from the circle Or I marvel from the cheap seats At the inner life of Scorpio It’s hard to read an actor They’re a book that’s quick to close But nobody’s escaping No nobody’s escaping The inner life of Scorpio The inner life of Scorpio The ripple on the surface Shows how deep the feelings go It racks their very being It rocks their way of seeing It’s the inner life of Scorpio You’ve got such an inner life Oh you’ve got such an inner life baby You’ve got such an inner life yeah Ooooh Ooooh Like every dream companion They’ll sting you on the nose It’s some kind of voodoo They hurt more than you do It’s the inner life of Scorpio The inner life of Scorpio
3.
THE FEATHERY SERPENT GOD Well I don’t know what you’re thinking What you’re thinking can’t be true But I do know what you’re feeling What you’re feeling isn’t you And I wonder what you’re doing What you’re doing can’t be wrong But I do know it’s my ruin And my ruins must go on Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god I feel alright Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god The night’s alight. Little Perry he is normcore He is normcore all the way If you ask me what my name’s for It’s so I’ll never go astray Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god I feel alright Here’s in the palace of the feathery serpent god The night’s alight. I feel alright I feel alright I feel alright The night’s alight!
4.
MIDNIGHT TRAM TO NOWHERE Wake me up at sunset It’s time to take that tram That midnight tram to nowhere Nowhere is my jam. The lamps are red and glowing She slows down like a bride The window panes are misted up You don’t know who’s inside ‘Til you’re inside That midnight tram to nowhere Comes rolling down the track It takes all kinds of people but It never brings them back Let’s ride Let’s ride Let’s ride That midnight tram to nowhere Comes looming through the mist The sirens will be driving If the sirens still exist Tonight I’m in this kitchen Tomorrow I’ll be gone Some other man will be here and he’ll Sing some other song Let’s ride Let’s ride Let’s ride And when I get to nowhere I know you’ll be there too Nowhere in the universe is Far enough for you Let’s ride Let’s ride Let’s ride That tram to nowhere That tram to nowhere That tram to nowhere
5.
SOCRATES IN THIN AIR Socrates went to the market They said to come on in Socrates went to the market Look what they did to him He had a little cup of wisdom And a little cup of wine He had a little cup of hemlock And he counted up to nine Socrates in thin air In thin air Oh darling Socrates went to the water He tried to wash his hands Socrates went to the water It rippled through his hands They got him in a corner In a place he couldn’t swim They cornered him with poison There were more of them than him Socrates in thin air In thin air Oh darling Socrates went to the future He left them all behind Socrates he didn’t need Those mediocre minds He was a little ship of wisdom On a lake of instant fools Ask any executioner They’ll say “I don’t make the rules” Socrates in thin air In thin air Socrates in thin air Oh darling
6.
NOIRER THAN NOIR You’ve got to be noirer than Noir You are You’ve got to be fleet on your feet You’ve got to be discreetly Alone You’ve got to be cool as the frost Eliminate the dust Alone on the phone to yourself Who else can you trust? If you don’t know what you’re there for You’ll never know what you’re here for And the sunlight wears you down You’ve got to be noirer than Noir You are You never could say au revoir Comme ça If it was easy to love you Wouldn’t everyone love you? I wouldn’t bother doing anything at all Unless I had to I wouldn’t bother doing anything at all You’ve got to be noirer than Noir C’est ça Vampire oh vampire oh vampire Are you my dad? The darkest thoughts in your head Are crawling into your bed And the sunlight wears you down Oooh ooh noirer than Noir Oooh ooh noirer than Noir Oooh ooh noirer than Noir
7.
THE MAN WHO LOVES THE RAIN Respect the dead You will be joining them soon Honour your mother and father And all of the folks On the moon In watery handwriting scattered in drops On my window pane He wrote: “I am the weathervane I’m the man who loves the rain” Don’t last too long The world changes under your feet Life is eternal life is so brief and Life is so sweet Sweeter than even a fox in a hole Or a thought in a brain. He wrote: “I am the weathervane Swaying with every feeling that hits me again and again I’m the man who loves the rain The man who loves the rain” You have two graves Your name’s on both of them I like to keep people guessing as well when I’m close to them I have two clouds Both of them hard to contain One of them showers the flowers The other one bursts into flames I am the weathervane Love me or leave me You have to believe me I’ll jump your train I’m the man who loves the rain The man who loves the rain Don’t try to go Don’t try to remain I’m the man who loves the rain
8.
I wish there was a pub called The Sir Tommy Shovel It’d be lovely Lovely it would be We’d go for a pint And a cauliflower cheese And find somebody who agrees With everything you say Every single day I wish there was a pub called The Sir Tommy Shovel He’d never grovel A noble man was he And there we would be With Sir Tommy’s portrait Dimly painted on a varnished board That hangs above the door Just beside the outsize trout On the saloon bar wall And I would drink responsibly And hold you like the angel In the dark abandoned silo of my soul Let’s meet in a pub called The Sir Tommy Shovel It won’t be no hovel, ‘twill be lover-ly And we’ll have a groove And a vegan casserole High above the gaping hole Inside my memory Of all you mean to me I come by night And I go by stealth Oh let us drink Sir Tommy’s health And I would drink responsibly And hold you like the angel In the dark abandoned silo of my soul Hold you like the angel In the dark abandoned silo of my soul I will not be drinking in The Racist Loser It’s not my kind of boozer
9.
The raging muse got me locked up inside The raging muse so owns me The raging muse with her head open wide My heavenly bride I look at my feet And there’s fish in the grass The grass is so green And the fish are alive It’s getting to lunchtime And the fish are all shimmering They curl like numbers In the bright green blades Those fishes are feelings Yeah those fishes are thoughts And they never get caught I look into my depths And there’s fish in the grass Under the glass Those fishes will pass This way and that The cod and the sprat Constellation of the fishes I look in your eyes And there’s fish in the glass Swimming in bowls Of perfect red eyes It’s getting to teatime And the fish are all hungry And the fish are all shuddering Ready to slither Back into the pond To ungrow their legs And writhe on their fins Like their ancestors did Those fish in the grass How slowly they pass For your own sake Never step on them The raging muse got me locked up inside The raging muse so owns me The raging muse with her head open wide My heavenly bride
10.
ONE DAY (IT’S BEING SCHEDULED) One day The sky will turn into the sea One day The ugly truth will be made over to beauty One day Enlightenment will blossom from your paunch And one day that lonesome astronaut Will be the one to launch One day The fish will roost up in the macadamia tree And one day there’ll be an antidote And you’ll come home to me One day we’ll lure the parasite out where we can see it And one day nobody will ever want to be it One day One day One day One day The pretty sufferers will climb out of their hole And one day the sun will shine on their disjointed souls One day When you are empty You’ll discover just what full is And one day the human race will not be run by bullies One day One day One day One day The engineers will come and start up your machine And I’ll develop feelings For everyone I’ve seen One day The colour of your skin won’t be the great divide And one day you’ll care how other people feel inside One day One day One day between your life and death Don’t hold your breath It’s being scheduled

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This product is a PRE-ORDER. Ships on or before October 21, 2022.

Recorded in locations around the world over the pandemic era, SHUFFLEMANIA! offers up 10 gloriously ingenious new Robyn Hitchcock songs in just under 40 minutes - a “proper pop album” as nature intended. Songs like “Midnight Tram To Nowhere” and the optimistic, album-closing “One Day (It’s Being Scheduled)” are state-of-the-art Hitchcock, manifesting his signature wit, miraculous gift for melodic craftsmanship, and striking humanity in a world gone mad.

A note from Robyn:

Hello dear listener,

I am thrilled to be unleashing my new record album SHUFFLEMANIA! on the world.

What is SHUFFLEMANIA!? It’s surfing fate, trusting your intuition, and bullfighting with destiny. It’s embracing the random and dancing with it, even when it needs to clean its teeth. It’s probably the most consistent album I’ve made. It’s a party record, with a few solemn moments, as parties are wont to supply. Groove on, groovers!

Love on ye,

RH x

Nashville, July 2022




TRACK LIST

Side A:

1. The Shuffle Man

2. The Inner Life of Scorpio

3. The Feathery Serpent God

4. Midnight Tram to Nowhere

5. Socrates in Thin Air

Side B

6. Noirer than Noir

7. The Man Who Loves the Rain

8. The Sir Tommy Shovel

9. The Raging Muse

10. One Day (It's Being Scheduled)

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released October 21, 2022

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Robyn Hitchcock London, UK

Robyn Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.

After leading The Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the influential Underwater Moonlight, Hitchcock launched a prolific solo career.

He lives in Nashville, TN with the singer-songwriter Emma Swift.
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