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Saturday Sun Lyrics
Saturday sun came early one morning
In a sky so clear and blue
Saturday sun came without warning
So no-one knew what to do.
Saturday sun brought people and faces
That didn't seem much in their day
But when I remember those people and places
They were really too good in their way.
In their way
In their way
Saturday sun won't come and see me today.
Think about stories with reason and rhyme
Circling through your brain.
And think about people in their season and time
Returning again and again
And again
And again
And Saturday's sun has turned to Sunday's rain.
So Sunday sat in the Saturday sun
And wept for a day gone by.
In a sky so clear and blue
Saturday sun came without warning
So no-one knew what to do.
Saturday sun brought people and faces
That didn't seem much in their day
But when I remember those people and places
They were really too good in their way.
In their way
In their way
Saturday sun won't come and see me today.
Circling through your brain.
And think about people in their season and time
Returning again and again
And again
And again
And Saturday's sun has turned to Sunday's rain.
And wept for a day gone by.
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To me, Saturday Sun is about the good and bad times of life, and how the good times can sometimes pass unnoticed and unappreciated until the bad times are upon you.
Another song about living in the moment and not letting life pass you by. Let your family and friends know how much they mean to you. Go after the girl. Pursue meaningful passionate work. Sunday is the period of late years in a regretful person's life that is wishing they would have lived differently.
it seems like he had a chance to do something and he didn't pursue it, so the chance was gone. you often regret the things you choose not to do rather than the things you do.
I discovered Nick Drake back in 11th grade just as we were reading John Keats in English class. I forget which Keats poem prompted a discussion of the sense of tragedy that can be linked to feelings of joy. What you’re enjoying in one moment is also unbearably sad in that you know it’s all fleeting and is destined to wither away. I went home from school and that night listened to “Saturday Sun” and was struck by how Nick did the exact same thing here. You can be filled with love and affection for the people and places in your life, and still find that the logical conclusion is to have “wept for the day gone by.”
.shiver. makes me want to drown my sorrows and cry.
i love this song -- thanks joe if your reading this
underrated and fantastic.
Great Song! Well done Nick. It feels almost more like a Sunday song to me. This I think is one song that was closest to being well recognised - I remember this was part of the Radio 2 (UK) staple songlist for quite a while.
this song shows how sensitive nick was. makes me wanna hug nick
I absolutely love the xylophone in this. It's so underutilized. The swaying vibe of this song just gets to me. So lovely.
@aventurine It's a vibraphone. Looks similar, but sounds much different.
@aventurine It's a vibraphone. Looks similar, but sounds much different.
@aventurine It's a vibraphone. Looks similar, but sounds much different.
@aventurine It's a vibraphone. Looks similar, but sounds much different.