
Sunny War
Season 2 Episode 7 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Sunny War is a prodigious guitar player with a blend of acoustic street punk-poetry.
Sunny War is a prodigious guitar player and lyricist whose songs touch on everything from police violence to alcoholism to love (found and lost). As a woman whose youth was spent attending protests, often homeless, and busking on city streets and Venice Beach, she finds relief in taking action. Sunny founded the Los Angeles chapter of the nonprofit Food Not Bombs.
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Sunny War
Season 2 Episode 7 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Sunny War is a prodigious guitar player and lyricist whose songs touch on everything from police violence to alcoholism to love (found and lost). As a woman whose youth was spent attending protests, often homeless, and busking on city streets and Venice Beach, she finds relief in taking action. Sunny founded the Los Angeles chapter of the nonprofit Food Not Bombs.
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♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Six, seven, eight, nine, 10 o'clock in the morning ♪ ♪ I pick up my phone ♪ I don't want no warning ♪ You don't have to apologize, just put those eyes inside ♪ ♪ of these eyes ♪ It's all for free ♪ It's all for free ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You don't have to take me anywhere down where no fence ♪ ♪ close I'll comb your head ♪ I've got only love, no demands ♪ ♪ Just put those hands inside of these hands ♪ ♪ It's all for free ♪ It's all for free ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ PTSD floating through my veins ♪ ♪ Knew how to fight before I even learned my name ♪ ♪ They scared of me ♪ Can't treat me the same ♪ Self-consciously this is me ♪ I feel shame ♪ The end it's coming any day now ♪ ♪ I'm patient 'cause I've got to wait my turn ♪ ♪ It's that the only way out ♪ Is peace something I've got to die to earn ♪ ♪ We made it this far somehow ♪ I guess it's something like a miracle ♪ ♪ Just when I think I'm done now ♪ ♪ I get the gospel from the oracle ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ A true mystery, the greatest of all time ♪ ♪ While we came to be, it crosses everybody's mind ♪ ♪ Say it all disappears at the drop of a dime ♪ ♪ That in all your years may be the only bliss you'll find ♪ ♪ The end it's coming any day now ♪ ♪ I'm patient 'cause I've got to wait my turn ♪ ♪ Is that the only way out ♪ Is peace something I've got to die to earn ♪ ♪ We made it this far somehow ♪ I guess it's something like a miracle ♪ ♪ Just when I think I'm done now ♪ ♪ I get the gospel from the oracle ♪ ♪ The mother of all mothers ♪ Sends love down to earth ♪ With hopes that we discover ♪ Love is our life's worth ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ PTSD floating through my veins ♪ ♪ Knew how to fight before I even learned my name ♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Swimming in a fishbowl in the world that we call life ♪ ♪ Really want to feel whole, never have but soon I might ♪ ♪ Your soul shines like gold ♪ You've got a smile that I like ♪ ♪ Can I sit with you ♪ Can I sit with you ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ The wind it blows me down, getting up takes all day ♪ ♪ Troubles that I've found makes the others blown away ♪ ♪ But when you're over, I keep all the hellhounds at bay ♪ ♪ Can I sit with you ♪ Can I sit with you ♪♪♪ ♪ Your words fall like rain onto the fire in my mind ♪ ♪ Your eyes make me insane ♪ You're different than the other kind ♪ ♪ I want to know your name, share a moment of our time ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Can I sit with you ♪ Can I sit with you ♪ Can I sit with you ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You may be empty ♪ So is the drum that brings me rhythm ♪ ♪ When I've got none ♪ How would you know you had a heart ♪ ♪ If it wasn't broken ♪ If it wasn't broken ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ So you lost your baby ♪ So you lost your job ♪ So you lost all faith in the one you call God ♪ ♪ You came to me for refuge, and I've got none ♪ ♪ How would you know you had a heart ♪ ♪ If it wasn't broken ♪ If it wasn't broken ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Many will hurt you ♪ You'll hurt them, too ♪ You leave them high and dry and they'll leave you blue ♪ ♪ But the love you shared is worth the world and more ♪ ♪ That's why you cared ♪ That's what you stood for ♪ You came to me for refuge, and I've got none ♪ ♪ How would you know you had a heart ♪ ♪ If it wasn't broken, if it wasn't broken ♪ ♪ If it wasn't broken, if it wasn't broken ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Love me, love me, love me, love me right ♪ ♪ Let's go to the park and fly a kite ♪ ♪ Let my cooking soothe your appetite ♪ ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ My man's sweet as pie ♪ He's so polite ♪ My man's sweet as pie ♪ We never fight ♪ I'm always waiting for another bite ♪ ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me tight ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You come home your love is shining bright ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ And I just want to stand in your light ♪ ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪ Every day every night ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Red, white, and blue ♪ They are coming for you ♪ From sea to shining sea ♪ Jesus and democracy ♪ They're running our world like a business ♪ ♪ Leaving our earth barren and sick ♪ ♪ Doing it all for the dollar ♪ Killing our world and dying with it ♪ ♪ Red, white, and blue ♪ They will get you too ♪ From sea to shining sea ♪ Jesus and democracy ♪ Just cover your ears and close your eyes ♪ ♪ Hum to yourself with little white lies ♪ ♪ Trading those tears for apple pies ♪ ♪ Why hold up the falling skies ♪ ♪ Red ♪ White ♪ And blue ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ It was my 13th time around the sun ♪ ♪ About to know I was on the run ♪ ♪ Dropped out of school to get high and have fun ♪ ♪ Then I met a man with a badge and a gun ♪ ♪ He said, do you know what day it is ♪ ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ They locked me up for half a year ♪ ♪ I watched myself disappear ♪ My mom would visit once a week and dry my tears ♪ ♪ Then she'd hold me close and she'd whisper in my ear ♪ ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ I couldn't tell night from day or day from night ♪ ♪ There were no windows, and I couldn't go outside ♪ ♪ Nurse promised me she'd let me out to see the light ♪ ♪ On the day my answers to the questions were right ♪ ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill ♪ Do you know what day it is ♪ Do you know who the president is ♪ ♪ How do you feel ♪ Have another pill, have another pill ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] Sunny War: I started playing guitar when I was 7, and I think it was probably because my stepdad was in a band.
So I was like always around musicians.
I guess the first 6 years I was just trying to learn chords and stuff, but then I got into finger-style blues when I like was 13.
Like I wanted to play Mississippi John Hurt songs, and then I also like Chet Atkins a lot.
So I was kind of like, I guess, getting into like blues and country.
I also was busking a lot.
So I think that kind of changed my style because I would play with different musicians when I was busking, and they kind of got me into different stuff.
So then I just kind of was just into jamming, I guess.
I still like trying, I guess.
That's the fun thing about playing solo, is like trying to play some stuff that's not supposed to be broken down to just one guitar.
So it's fun.
♪♪♪ ♪ Before you rip your girl to shreds ♪ ♪ Be sure you really want her dead ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ By the time you realize you were wrong ♪ ♪ You'll find the girl you knew is gone ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ No, she can no longer feel sorry for you, baby ♪ ♪ She much too busy being crazy ♪ ♪ It's a hell of a world ♪ She's just a shell of a girl ♪ She's just a shell of a girl ♪ She's just a shell of a girl ♪ Despite the love you said you had ♪ ♪ You might have really drove her mad ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Scared she'd lose you to someone else ♪ ♪ She changed so much she lost herself ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ No, she can no longer feel sorry for you, baby ♪ ♪ She much too busy being crazy ♪ ♪ It's a hell of a world ♪ She's just a shell of a girl ♪ She's just a shell of a girl ♪ She's just a shell of a girl ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ The love you lost may cross your mind ♪ ♪ But you can't turn back the hands of time ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ By the time you realize you were wrong ♪ ♪ You'll find the girl you knew is gone ♪ ♪ Gone ♪ The girl you knew she's gone ♪ She's gone, she's gone ♪ She's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ They say come now, sweet lady ♪ ♪ Bring your big baby ♪ Broken guitar, soft spoken, bizarre ♪ ♪ Because she whines and she cries ♪ ♪ She steals ♪ She lies ♪ She driving me crazy ♪ She's mine, but she hates me ♪ I can't get this melody ♪ Out of my head ♪♪♪ ♪ We play it all wrong ♪ Every single song with strings old and dirty ♪ ♪ Big baby's almost thirty ♪ Yeah, she talks 'til I sweat ♪ No rules or regrets ♪ What's left of her frets hasn't given up yet ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Can't get this melody ♪ Out of my head ♪ I want this melody ♪ Out of my head, babe ♪ I need this melody ♪ Out of my head, out of my head, out of my head ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪ The day was bad ♪ Glad to see it end ♪ It seems the bed is your only friend ♪ ♪ Choose where you go and see where you have been ♪ ♪ Lucid Lucy, you'll see stars again ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Tears in this world become waterfalls ♪ ♪ Where there's no borders, where there are no walls ♪ ♪ Where happiness is no dream at all ♪ ♪ Lucid Lucy, you'll be 10 feet tall ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Keep your eyes closed, closed real tight ♪ ♪ Let them shuffle at the speed of light ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Hold the nice ones, even hold the mean ♪ ♪ Tell your secrets ♪ Tell them anything ♪ No need to worry ♪ It's only a dream ♪ Lucid Lucy, you'll see everything ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Dance in shadows ♪ Dance with the deceased ♪ See the west, then go see the east ♪ ♪ The waking hour you will like the least ♪ ♪ Lucid Lucy, you'll be on your feet ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Keep your eyes closed, closed real tight ♪ ♪ Let them shuffle at the speed of light ♪ ♪ Go all the places you haven't tonight ♪ ♪ As your heart races to your soul's delight ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Lu-Lucid Lucy ♪ Lu-Lucid Lucy ♪ Lu-Lucid Lucy ♪ You sleep tight, all right ♪ ♪ Rest easy tonight ♪ Sweet dreams and good ♪ Night [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ I didn't want the rain till my body was on fire ♪ ♪ It was cold here when I came ♪ Now I'm burning with desire ♪ You couldn't tell me when I was small ♪ ♪ You can't tell me now I'm grown to get a tree ♪ ♪ Don't care how tall and bring the firewood back home ♪ ♪ Bring the firewood back home ♪ Got to walk 'cause I got no ride ♪ ♪ From the ashes I must rise ♪ Tame the flame that burns inside ♪ ♪ Turn my pain into my pride ♪ Turn my pain into my pride ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ I didn't want the air till my lungs were full of smoke ♪ ♪ Don't want your thoughts, don't need your prayer ♪ ♪ I want action and not just hope ♪ ♪ I've been screaming at a wall ♪ ♪ I'll make it fall all on my own ♪ ♪ Take any tree don't care how tall ♪ ♪ And bring the firewood back home ♪ ♪ Bring the firewood back home ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Got to walk 'cause I got no ride ♪ ♪ From the ashes I must rise ♪ Tame the flame that burns inside ♪ ♪ Turn my pain into my pride ♪ Got to walk 'cause I got no ride ♪ ♪ From the ashes I must rise ♪ Tame the flame that burns inside ♪ ♪ Turn my pain into my pride, turn my pain into my pride ♪ ♪ Turn my pain into my pride, turn my pain into my pride ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Freight trains, food stamps, cheap booze, slow dance ♪ ♪ How do we live this old way ♪ Wet brain, eyes red, life of pain till you're dead ♪ ♪ Here but we can't hardly stay ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well, I'll be damned ♪ If I ain't gone before the sun rises ♪ ♪ Damned if I ain't strong enough ♪ ♪ For what you call crisis ♪ Damn I can't stay long enough to set up camp ♪ ♪ God damn ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Behold the soul tramp ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Long hair, long shot, deep prayer, deep thoughts ♪ ♪ So many ways to escape ♪ Stop, drop, then roll ♪ Don't hold, don't fold ♪ Peace I don't anticipate ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well, I'll be damned ♪ If I ain't gone before the sun rises ♪ ♪ Damned if I ain't strong enough ♪ ♪ For what you call crisis ♪ ♪ Damn I can't stay long enough to set up camp ♪ ♪ God damn ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Behold the soul tramp ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Goodbye I'm gone ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Goodbye I'm gone ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Goodbye I'm gone ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Farewell so long ♪ Goodbye I'm gone ♪ Farewell so long ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You think you've lost your love ♪ ♪ Well, I saw her yesterday ♪ It's you she was thinking of, and she told me what to say ♪ ♪ She loves you, and you know that can't be bad ♪ ♪ She loves you, and you know you should be glad ♪ ♪ She loves you ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ She loves you ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ She loves you ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ She said you hurt her soul and she almost lost her mind ♪ ♪ And now she said she knows ♪ That you're not the hurting kind ♪ ♪ She loves you, and you know that can't be bad ♪ ♪ She loves you, and you know you should be glad ♪ ♪ She loves you ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ She loves you ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ She loves you ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Freight train, freight train running so fast ♪ ♪ Freight train, freight train running so fast ♪ ♪ Please don't tell what train I'm on ♪ ♪ 'Cause they won't know what route I'll go ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ When I die, oh bury me deep ♪ Way down on old Chestnut Street ♪ ♪ So I can hear old Number Nine ♪ ♪ As she comes rambling by ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ When I'm dead and in my grave ♪ ♪ No more good times here I crave ♪ ♪ Place the stones at my head and feet ♪ ♪ And tell them all I've gone to sleep ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] Sunny: Thank you.
♪ Any town just brings me down ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [applause] announcer: "Live from The Old Steeple" is made possible by the Victorian Village of Ferndale, California.
Small-town charm, historic architecture, and natural beauty located near the giant redwoods.
Explore the Lost Coast or relax in Ferndale's quaint lodging.
Ferndale, home of the Old Steeple and the heart of the redwoods.
announcer: Humboldt County, California, home to the tallest trees on earth, is the perfect playground for exciting outdoor adventures for all ages.
Come and experience our natural beauty, ancient forests, and breathtaking vistas.
announcer: Fortuna is known as the friendly city within the redwood forest.
Close to the Avenue of the Giants, the Victorian Village of Ferndale, the Lost Coast, and Eureka, Fortuna is your home base for getaway adventures.
Learn more at VisitHumboldt.com.
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