Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson (b. 1st June 1950) is an English musician.

Born in Camb… Read Full Bio ↴Tom Robinson (b. 1st June 1950) is an English musician.

Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Robinson was the founding member of the Tom Robinson Band, an overtly political band with several hits in the 1970s, such as "2-4-6-8 Motorway" and "Power in the Darkness". Robinson's other best known song is "Glad to be Gay", and he was an outspoken hero of the gay movement in the 1970s.

In the 1980s he fronted Sector 27, another highly political rock band, which released one album and left Robinson virtually bankrupt. He fled to Hamburg to escape his creditors, where he wrote his 1983 hit "War Baby" and released his first solo album North by Northwest. His return to the U.K. led to late-night performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, some of which later surfaced on the live album Midnight at the Fringe.

In 1985 he found a new career as a D.J. for a variety of radio stations, including BBC Radio 1 (standing in for Janice Long), BBC Radio 4 (The Locker Room from 1992-1995), and the BBC World Service.

He has become an advocate for a wider sexuality than his earlier potrayal as only a homosexual campaigner allowed - marrying a woman and starting a family. Robinson maintains that he suffered abuse from Homosexual Activists as a result.

Robinson rarely performs nowadays, save for two annual parties for his fan-base "The Castaway Club", which take place in South London and Belgium in January every year. In the Belgian Castaway concerts, he introduces many songs in Flemish. The Castaway Parties invariably feature a wide variety of established and unknown artists and groups such as Paleday and T.V. Smith.
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Tom Robinson Lyrics


1967 Fighting with the kids on the fairground Caravans and TV mas…
2 4 6 8 Motorway Drive my truck midway to the motorway station Fair-lane crui…
2-4-6-8 Motorway Drive my truck midway to the motorway station Fair-lane cru…
All Right All Night We don't see no place for hatred Real life's too good…
Alright All Night We don't see no place for hatred Real life's too good…
Alright Jack Don't you worry, I'm alright, Jack We've never had it so…
Atmospherics Leave the bureau in the snow Catch a tram to Onkel…
Back in the Ould Country I had Guinness with a Hot Press photographer in a…
Bully For You Cut the cackle 'cause we're getting to the facts now Guilt…
Cabin Boy I wanna go to ′Frisco bay Drink my liquor and spend…
Castaway As a child, I was terrified of the mighty ocean When…
Castle Island Where the sun lights up still waters in the harbour And…
Cold Cold Ground Call me digger, I don't have no other name Don't want…



Congo Blue Smalltown city on a weekday evening The pubs are shutting an…
DDR I grew up living in a Welfare State Just the other…
Disrespect Well the crunch is coming And it won't be long You think…
Don We first met in the winter Said 'let's give it a…
Don't Take No for an Answer We first met in the winter Said 'let's give it a…
Drive All Night We don't see no place for hatred Real life's too good…
Fool to Myself There were times in my life I avoided the voice of…
Getting Tighter Monday morning woke up free All I wanted was to be…
Glad to Be Gay The British Police are the best in the world I don't…
glad to be gay '87 This song is dedicated to the World's Health Organization It…
Grey Cortina Wish I had a grey Cortina Whiplash aerial, racing trim Cor…
Hard Men are husbands, men are dads Casanovas, Jack the Lads Men …
Hot Dog I saw you one morning and I knew you were…
I Shall Be Released They say everything can be replaced They say every distance …
Law And Order Well I'm six foot nothing of muscle and bone With my…
Listen To The Radio Leave the bureau in the snow Catch a tram to Onkel…
Listen To The Radio: Atmospherics Leave the bureau in the snow Catch a tram to Onkel…
Long Hot Summer Hey Joe, get up and go Wouldn't like to tell you…
Martin I just want to tell you about Martin 'Cause nobody I…
Merrily Up on High Everybody′s on vacation Have a holiday, take a break Spend a…
My Own Sweet Way I grew up on the Gaza strip A pirate and a…
Nothing Like the Real Thing Ooooh baby Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby Ain't not…
Number one protection Well we used to see his roller all around the…
Power In The Darkness Power in the darkness Frightening lies from the other side P…
Rigging It Up Duncannon My name′s Duncannon and I used to deal As a radar…
Rum Thunderbird Rum, Thunderbird wine and Coke Snakebite and skunk, a snort …
Sorry You ask if I'm sorry, well let me say this Been…
Still Loving You I still recall those crazy nights Days our love was at…
Take Me Home Again Telegraph poles keep passing by Cable looping in a hazy sky …
Tango an der Wand Hier machten Hünde ihr Geschäft (Immer an der Wand lang) Heu…
The Last Word For 21 years now I′ve fought for the right For people…
The Night Tide For Christ sake, Chrissy Won′t you open the door Don't tell …
The One Don't you worry, I'm alright, Jack We've never had it so…
The Wedding Neorago (Kyuhyun: Neorago) Neorago (Kyuhyun: Neorago) Nan no…
The Winter Of 79 All you kids that just sit and whine You should have…
Those Days There′s thunder on the Baltic Radiation on the rain Uncertai…
Too Good to Be True Dreamed last night I was dreaming Somebody answered my praye…
Up Against the Wall Darkhaired dangerous schoolkids Vicious, suspicious sixteen …
War Baby Only the very young and the very beautiful can be…
We Didn't Know The country was in turmoil With new crises by the hour When…
Winter Of '79 All you kids that just sit and whine You should have…
You Gotta Survive Three boys working on a slave gang Chained in the cottage…
You Tattooed Me Meeting up in a timewarp Dreaming pie in the sky All too…
yuppie scum Heads up in the clouds, noses in our beers Sat on…


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