SLUG Nothing But Sunshine Lyrics

wha, what do you mean what was my childhood like?
what difference does that make?
yo, my childhood was messed up. so what?
everybody's childhood was messed up, this is the 90's.
yo, you find me one person that had it right.
what does that got to do with me rhyming?
what's left?

now when my mother died, i had to take it in stride.
there ain't no room for pride in watchin' your father cry.
and dad made it until maybe a year later,
when they found his suicide inside of a grain elevator.
got over it, i had no other offers or options.
thought about whether or not mom and pop was watchin'.
never bothered with caution, no time for fears.
saw my folks carry fear through most my early years,
and i learned from it.
turned numb and ignored the storm, a burning sun,
waiting for the world to plummet.
finished growin' up under my uncle's roof.
taught me how to count all the way up to 100 proof.
from watchin' him, i learned how to gather nourishment,
living off the different women that he had to nurture him.
and on the surface, i became a normal pre-teen,
more afraid of nuclear war than snakebites and bee stings.
my best friend was my tv, game shows, and cartoons substituted
for puppies, rainbows, and balloons.
now here i am, the shy type,
and i think i'm doing alright, considerin' what it was like livin my life.

chorus:
sunshine, it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's nothin' but sunshine.

now it's been 17 summers since i've seen my mother,
but every night, i see her smile inside my dreams.
when i was younger, i didn't actually see the accident happen,
but every night, i see her smile as it shatters against her screams.
i could only imagine dad's internal reaction,
strain, infernal burning bound in his brain.
what's it take to make a man that owns acres of land,
abandon the family plan and drown himself in his brains?
i'm glad i left that farm in northern minnesota,
where the time moves slower and the winters are colder.
became a city boy where everybody acts like they older,
where they stick to themselves and keep a chip on their shoulder.
26 years of age, no longer full of rage.
i think it's safe to say i've turned a page on my childhood days.
"hey yo, look ma, i'm a productive member of society.
when i'm drunk, i make noise, but otherwise i live quietly."
and on the weekend, i go back up north to reminisce,
remembering what it was like pretending to be a kid.
late at night, i walk the fields and lurk in the shadows,
gettin' even with life by murdering cattle.

(moo, moo...)
"come here, come here."
(moo...)
"i've got sunshine, on a cloudy day.
when it's cold outside, i've got the month of may."

chorus:
nothin' but sunshine, it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.
and i'm gonna be alright. and you're gonna be alright.
you ain't gotta hold my hand, just walk with me tonight.
it's all sunshine, it's nothin' but sunshine.