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Sunless Saturday

Published on these records

The Reality of My Surroundings

(1991)

Sunless Saturday

(1991)

Fishbone 101 - Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' The Fonkay

(1996)

Party at Ground Zero

(2001)

Essential Fishbone

(2003)

The Very Best of Fishbone

(2010)

(1991)

(1999)

Live in Amsterdam

(2005)

Live in Bordeaux

(2009)

Official video

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
534 times	26 Mar 1991 @ Lost Horizon - Syracuse (NY-US)	18 Jun 2025 @ Empire Underground - Albany (NY-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Nov 3rd 1991	First Avenue - Minneapolis (MN)
Nov 6th 1991	Central Park Ballroom - Milwaukee (WI)
Nov 10th 1991	State Theatre - Kalamazoo (MI)
Nov 13th 1991	Agora - Cleveland (OH)
Nov 16th 1991	MacPhie Pub - Medford (MA)
Nov 18th 1991	Orpheum Theater - Boston (MA)
Nov 27th 1991	GSU Sports Arena - Atlanta (GA)
Nov 29th 1991	Cameo Theatre - Miami Beach (FL)
Dec 1st 1991	UCSF - Tampa (FL)
Jan 15th 1992	Catalyst - Santa Cruz (CA)

Found on these live recordings

217 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Sep 3rd 2022	Bottom Lounge - Chicago (IL)	Audience
	Sep 3rd 2022	Bottom Lounge - Chicago (IL)	Audience
	Sep 9th 2022	State Theatre - Falls Church (VA)	Audience
	Dec 13th 2022	Harlow's - Sacramento (CA)	Audience
	Dec 15th 2022	Great American Music Hall - San Francisco (CA)	Audience
	May 24th 2023	The Mission Ballroom - Denver (CO)	Audience
	Jun 4th 2023	Le Gueulard Plus - Nilvange (FR)	Audience
	Jun 13th 2023	Zik-Zak - Ittre (BE)	Audience
	Jun 13th 2023	Zik-Zak - Ittre (BE)	Audience
	Jun 15th 2023	Hellfest - Clisson (FR)	Professional capture

Found in these videos

Tagged in 59 videos

Found in 20 full show videos

Lyrics

I see the pestilence outside my window
I see the dung heaps piled at least a mile high
I see the shards of shattered dreams in the street
I face the morning with my customary sigh

I hear the sounds of children laughing aloud
A stumbling wino has attracted quite a crowd
My breakfast finished now I brave the outside
But clouds have hidden all the warmth inside

Chase these clouds away
I hate this sunless Saturday

Freedom come
For us now
Light our sky
Burn away these clouds

Perhaps the charcoal grey and brown around me
Is just the mirror image of tainted soul
I think the sun will never visit my sky
Until the truth is seen by each and every eye

I see the helpless and I see the insane
I see a pauper singing in the pouring rain
I see the means of help elude us again
I think the sun will never visit me again