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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
Jan 16th 1992	Warfield Theater - San Francisco (CA)
Feb 10th 1992	Club Citta - Kawasaki (JP)
Feb 14th 1992	Metropolis - Brisbane (AU)
May 2nd 1992	Buffalo University - Buffalo (NY)
May 3rd 1992	Barton Hall - Ithaca (NY)
Jul 1st 1992	Théatre Barbey - Bordeaux (FR)
Jul 2nd 1992	Le Pied - Toulouse (FR)
Jul 8th 1992	Leysin Rock Festival - Leysin (CH)
Jul 25th 1992	Brixton Academy - London (GB)
Sep 18th 1992	Warfield Theater - San Francisco (CA)

Found on these live recordings

217 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Oct 11th 2003	Stone Pony - Asbury Park (NJ)	Audience
	Oct 15th 2003	The Haunt - Ithaca (NY)	Audience
	Oct 16th 2003	Cruise-In - Lackawanna (NY)	Audience
	Nov 26th 2003	Viper Room - West Hollywood (CA)	Audience
	Feb 16th 2005	Le Nouveau Casino - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Feb 25th 2005	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)	Soundboard
	Feb 25th 2005	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)	Audience
	Mar 4th 2005	Le Noumatrouff - Mulhouse (FR)	Internet stream
	May 22nd 2005	9:30 Club - Washington (DC)	Soundboard
	May 31st 2005	The Haunt - Ithaca (NY)	Audience

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