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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
548 times	26 Mar 1991 @ Lost Horizon - Syracuse (NY-US)	27 Sep 2025 @ Westgate - Las Vegas (NV-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Apr 6th 1994	Moore Theater - Seattle (WA)
Apr 9th 1994	Warfield Theater - San Francisco (CA)
Apr 12th 1994	Catalyst - Santa Cruz (CA)
May 1st 1996	Planet Rock - Huntsville (AL)
Mar 8th 1997	Crystal Ballroom - Portland (OR)
Mar 12th 1997	The Edge - Palo Alto (CA)
Jul 27th 1997	Grog Shop - Cleveland (OH)
Aug 2nd 1997	Tramps - New York (NY)
Aug 6th 1997	Club Bene - Morgan (NJ)
Aug 29th 1997	Studebaker's - Burnaby (BC)

Found on these live recordings

221 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Aug 2nd 2025	The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco (CA)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 61 videos

Found in 21 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