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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
May 4th 2003	Exit/In - Nashville (TN)
May 8th 2003	Trocadero - Philadelphia (PA)
May 9th 2003	Jaxx Nightclub - West Springfield (VA)
May 17th 2003	The Abbey Pub - Chicago (IL)
May 20th 2003	Cervantes - Denver (CO)
May 30th 2003	Mean Fiddler - London (GB)
May 31st 2003	MS1 Club -The Mount Stuart - Cardiff Bay (GB)
Jun 1st 2003	Rio - Bradford (GB)
Jun 7th 2003	Nosturi - Helsinki (FI)
Jun 17th 2003	Rocking Chair - Vevey (CH)

Found on these live recordings

221 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Nov 11th 2012	Le Rackam - Bretigny sur Orge (FR)	Audience
	Jan 5th 2013	Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Feb 24th 2013	Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn (NY)	Audience
	May 17th 2014	Tapis Rouge - Colombes (FR)	Audience
	May 18th 2014	Le Petit Bain - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Dec 28th 2014	Gramercy Theatre - New York (NY)	Professional capture
	May 4th 2015	The Press Room - Portsmouth (NH)	Soundboard
	May 4th 2015	The Press Room - Portsmouth (NH)	Audience
	May 9th 2015	Hampton Block Party - Hampton (VA)	Professional capture
	Sep 3rd 2015	The Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore (PA)	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