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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
Nov 25th 2008	Peabody's Down Under - Cleveland (OH)
Nov 29th 2008	Knitting Factory - New York (NY)
Dec 1st 2008	The Jewish Mother - Virginia Beach (VA)
Dec 5th 2008	Handle Bar - Greenville (SC)
Dec 8th 2008	Meridian - Houston (TX)
Dec 10th 2008	The Prophet Bar - Dallas (TX)
Jan 16th 2009	Moe's Alley - Santa Cruz (CA)
Mar 7th 2009	The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs (CO)
May 21st 2009	Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale (NY)
Jun 4th 2009	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)

Found on these live recordings

217 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	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
	Nov 11th 2012	Le Rackam - Bretigny sur Orge (FR)	Audience
	Jan 5th 2013	Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy - Paris (FR)	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