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 a 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
Sunny came home
Came home
Home


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Sunny Came Home Lyrics as written by Shawn Colvin John Leventhal

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    I interpretation is that she was sent away for a few years to a mental institution. When she is released, she has a list of names of the people that testified against her to put her in an institution. When she has a book and a box of tools, it's a book on how to build an arsonist device and a box of tools to build it. At the end, she enacts her arson plan, then takes the kids and leaves town. The ironic part is that if she thinks up stuff like that, she really did belong in an institution. I see no mention of spousal abuse in the song or video.

    RussellHankinson January 29, 2018   Link

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