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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
	Sep 6th 2015	Revolution Bar & Music Hall - Amityville (NY)	Audience
	Oct 29th 2015	Jack's Bar - San Antonio (TX)	Audience
	May 13th 2016	The Blue Loon - Fairbanks (AK)	Audience
	Aug 12th 2016	Milkboy - Philadelphia (PA)	Audience
	Sep 21st 2016	The Masonic - San Francisco (CA)	Audience
	Sep 14th 2017	Catalyst - Santa Cruz (CA)	Audience
	Feb 10th 2018	The Cave - Big Bear Lake (CA)	Audience
	Jun 29th 2018	Levitt Pavillion - Los Angeles (CA)	Audience
	Jul 28th 2018	Fuji Rock Festival - Niigata (JP)	Professional capture
	Aug 18th 2018	Paddy's Beach Club - Westerly (RI)	Aud+Sbd Matrix

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