Sunny Came Home
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Sunny came home. 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 is about a woman named sunny who burns her house down to escape her past. Sunny came home shawn colvin s bright sounding but lyrically dark song that scored grammies in 1998 for both song of the year and record of the year has a highly unlikely origin story.
In april of 2013 during a concert in perth australia shawn confirmed that the song is a murder. 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. The song was also a critical smash winning both grammy award for record of the.
In 2017 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary release of the album a few small repairs colvin shared the. Sunny came home is a folk rock song by american musician shawn colvin. Bm a g f m sunny came home to her favorite room bm a d a sunny sat down in the kitchen e a g f m she opened her book and a box of tools em bm g sunny came home with a mission d a em g she says days go by i m hypnotized d a em i m walking on a wire d a g bm e a i close my eyes and fly out of my mind gmaj7 into the fire bm a g f m sunny came home with a list of names bm a d a she didn t believe.
I close my eyes fly out of my mind into the fire. A few small repairs. It is the theme song to her 1996 concept album a few small repairs and it was released as a cd single on june 24 1997.
To me sunny came home suggests she came home possibly from jail or prison and she came home with a vengence. Sunny came home with a list of names she didn t believe in transcendence.