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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 4th 2011	Jannus Landing - St Petersburg (FL)
Nov 6th 2011	Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale (FL)
Nov 12th 2011	North Star Bar - Philadelphia (PA)
Nov 17th 2011	Cervantes - Denver (CO)
Nov 23rd 2011	Tiki Bar - Costa Mesa (CA)
Nov 25th 2011	Brixton South Bay - Redondo Beach (CA)
Dec 8th 2011	Castle Theatre - Bloomington (IL)
Dec 10th 2011	Bottom Lounge - Chicago (IL)
Mar 23rd 2012	Independent - San Francisco (CA)
Jul 1st 2012	Montreal Jazz Fest - Montréal (QC)

Found on these live recordings

217 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Sep 5th 1997	Pyramid Cabaret - Winnipeg (MB)	Audience
	Sep 7th 1997	1st Avenue Cabaret - Fargo (ND)	Audience
	Sep 22nd 1997	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)	Audience
	Nov 21st 1997	Galaxy Theater - Santa Ana (CA)	Audience
	Feb 23rd 1998	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)	Audience
	Feb 25th 1998	Garton's Saloon - Vail (CO)	Aud+Sbd Matrix
	Feb 25th 1998	Garton's Saloon - Vail (CO)	Soundboard
	Feb 25th 1998	Garton's Saloon - Vail (CO)	Audience
	Feb 26th 1998	Ten Mile Room - Breckenridge (CO)	Audience
	Mar 5th 1998	Crystal Ballroom - Portland (OR)	Soundboard

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