'Sunny Came Home'

From the Album "A Few Small Repairs,

Shawn Colvin, 1997

written by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal

This song has a special importance to me; For several years, Sunny was my nickname, though nobody except my friends in Trivia on AOL called me that.  I think the idea of 'walking on a wire' and and the lyric  'I close my eyes and fly out of my mind, into the fire', speaks volumes about my life, and not necessarily in a good way, though the song itself is about something totally different.

The song "Sunny Came Home" is sort of about arson, but more about deciding "not to take it anymore"... the lyrics that say "it's time for a few small repairs"...Sunny is going to burn her house down, and begin a new life, leave it all behind. When the song says "dry is good and wind is better" it's talking about the conditions for setting a fire. Shawn talked about this on VH1's StoryTellers.

Thanks to Shawn Colvin and Megan Wales for sending me an autographed poster for Christmas!

Hear a clip of the song at this link:
http://www.shawncolvin.com/sounds/sunny.wav

Sunny came home, to her favorite room... Sunny sat down in the kitchen, She opened a book, and a box of tools... Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by, I'm hypnotized... I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes, and fly out of my mind, Into the fire... Sunny came home, with a list of names She didn't believe in transcendence... 'It's time for a few small repairs', she said, Sunny came home with a vengeance... She says days go by, I don't know why, I'm walking on a wire... I close my eyes, and fly out of my mind, Into the fire... Get the kids and bring the sweater... Dry is good and wind is better, Count the years, you always knew it, Strike a match, go on and do it... Oh days go by, I'm hypnotized, I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire... Oh light the sky and hold on tight... The world is burning down, She's out there on her own - and she's alright... Sunny came home...

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from the album, "A Few Small Repairs", Columbia Records.