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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
Mar 31st 2023	Ramas Festival - Rincon (PR)
Apr 21st 2023	Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore (MD)
Apr 22nd 2023	Broken Goblet Brewing - Bensalem (PA)
Apr 23rd 2023	Gramercy Theatre - New York (NY)
Apr 24th 2023	Bayside Bowl - Portland (ME)
Apr 25th 2023	Brighton Music Hall - Allston (MA)
May 6th 2023	Levitt Pavilion Denver - Denver (CO)
May 20th 2023	Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - Santa Cruz (CA)
May 24th 2023	The Mission Ballroom - Denver (CO)
May 28th 2023	Citrus Pool Deck at Downtown Grand - Las Vegas (NV)

Found on these live recordings

217 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Sep 12th 1999	Live Music Hall - Koln (DE)	Audience
	Oct 14th 1999	Brick Works - Chico (CA)	Audience
	Feb 28th 2000	Nuttstalk 2000 - Lake Tahoe (CA)	Soundboard
	Apr 8th 2000	Fenix Underground - Seattle (WA)	Soundboard
	May 2nd 2000	Stella Blue - Asheville (NC)	Soundboard
	May 2nd 2000	Stella Blue - Asheville (NC)	Audience
	May 2nd 2000	Stella Blue - Asheville (NC)	Audience
	Jun 23rd 2000	Paradiso - Amsterdam (NL)	Audience
	Jun 30th 2000	Elysée Montmartre - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Jul 30th 2000	SPAC - Saratoga (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