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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
548 times	26 Mar 1991 @ Lost Horizon - Syracuse (NY-US)	27 Sep 2025 @ Westgate - Las Vegas (NV-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Jul 7th 2001	Metro - Austin (TX)
Jul 8th 2001	Red Jacket - Dallas (TX)
Jul 18th 2001	Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver (BC)
Jul 19th 2001	Graceland - Seattle (WA)
Jul 20th 2001	Berbatis Pan - Portland (OR)
Jul 21st 2001	SF Dawg Pound - San Francisco (CA)
Oct 25th 2001	Harper's Ferry - Allston (MA)
Oct 26th 2001	The Haunt - Ithaca (NY)
Jan 24th 2002	Loading Dock - Traverse City (MI)
Feb 6th 2002	La Salle's - Chico (CA)

Found on these live recordings

221 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Nov 3rd 2011	Double Down Live - Gainesville (FL)	Audience
	Dec 8th 2011	Castle Theatre - Bloomington (IL)	Audience
	Mar 23rd 2012	Independent - San Francisco (CA)	Soundboard
	Mar 23rd 2012	Independent - San Francisco (CA)	Professional capture
	Jul 12th 2012	The New Parish - Oakland (CA)	Audience
	Sep 28th 2012	Bluewater Resort and Casino - Parker (AZ)	Audience
	Oct 20th 2012	Les Abattoirs - Bourgoin Jallieu (FR)	Audience
	Oct 20th 2012	Les Abattoirs - Bourgoin Jallieu (FR)	Professional capture
	Oct 22nd 2012	New Morning - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Oct 27th 2012	La Luciole - Alençon (FR)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 61 videos

Found in 21 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