Cover art for The Man With the Lightbulb Head by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

The Man With the Lightbulb Head

Mar. 19851 viewer

The Man With the Lightbulb Head Lyrics

I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on in the dark
I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on for a lark

And how's about you, my pretty one?
Do you still roll and dream of bees?
How's about you, my pretty one?
Do you still dream of bees?

I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on all the time
I'm alone like a queen in bed
With a barrel of vodka and lime

And how's about you, my pretty one?
Do you still smear yourself with jam?
How's about you, my pretty one?
Do you know who I am?

"Daddy, it's the man with the lightbulb head."
"Avert your eyes from his gaze, Junior, and we may yet be safe."
"But Daddy... it's you!"
"You're too late. I've come to turn you on. Huhahaha!"

I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on in the dark
I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on for a lark
"Say, madam, is this your brain?"
"Why, I think it is."

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The first song recorded for Fegmania!, this was also the only song not made by the actual lineup–this was instead a recording between Hitchcock and Screaming Blue Messiahs drummer John Kingham. It was written for a short film by Hitchcock and onetime Kingham bandmate Tony Moon.

It was the first time he’d worked with a drummer since 1982’s Groovy Decay, and inspired the later sessions with Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe that led to the group being formed.

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March 1985
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