Sunshine O
| "Sunshine O Sunshine" | |||||
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 219 | ||||
| Status | live bootlegs circulating | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo song chronology | |||||
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"Sunshine O" (also listed as "Sunshine O Sunshine") is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 1996.
Appearances
- Performed live
Overview
The song, along with "Sheila Can Do It", is notable for having been written around his spring semester at Harvard in 1996, around the same time as Pinkerton tracks "Across the Sea", "The Good Life", "Falling For You", and "Butterfly". Cuomo performed the song during two shows billed as "Homie" in 1997. At one of these concerts, Cuomo introduced the song saying "This song...uhh, no, I dunno what it's called yet. But here it is." "Sunshine O" was also recorded for a Homie rehearsal tape in the fall of 1997.[1] Aside from live bootlegs of the song, however, no other recordings of the song exist in fan circulation.
Live performances
Lyrics
Sunshine, O Sunshine
Rain down on me
I’ve been a bad, bad boy
So give your love to me
And every hour of every day
I wanna do the things that you do and say
And every night as you fade
I feel the moon, the wicked moon, his wicked way
And every time she run and hide
The day is cold, and in the cold I disobey
And every time she run and hide
The day is dark, and in the dark I misbehave
Sunshine, O Sunshine
Rain down on me
I’ve been a bad, bad boy
So give your love to me
She told me every day
We’d find a new love
She comes and goes away
And I try to be true to my love
She told me every day
We’d find a new love
She comes and goes away
And I try to be true to my love
Sunshine, O Sunshine
Rain down on me
I’ve been a bad, bad boy
So give your love to me
Cmon, sugar, give your love to me
Ooh, my baby, give a little love to me
Give a little love to me