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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
Nov 1st 2003	The Ballard Firehouse - Seattle (WA)
Nov 26th 2003	Viper Room - West Hollywood (CA)
Jan 27th 2004	Bluebird Theater - Denver (CO)
Jan 28th 2004	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)
Mar 20th 2004	Independent - San Francisco (CA)
Mar 28th 2004	Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver (BC)
May 14th 2004	Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans (LA)
May 21st 2004	Freebird Live - Jacksonville Beach (FL)
May 23rd 2004	Blue Cats - Knoxville (TN)
Sep 11th 2004	Blake's on Telegraph - Berkeley (CA)

Found on these live recordings

221 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Dec 14th 2021	Bottom Of the Hill - San Francisco (CA)	Audience
	Dec 15th 2021	Bottom Of the Hill - San Francisco (CA)	Audience
	Sep 2nd 2022	Mercury Cafe - Denver (CO)	Audience
	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

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