This is a song Curt Kirkwood wrote to his then toddler daughter Catherine. It’s a fan favorite and the title track of the Meat Puppets 3rd album. Legend has it that the song was often used to enrage hardcore punks who demanded the band, who worked that circuit in the ‘80’s, play their older faster...
[Verse 1]
A long time ago
I turned to myself and said
You, you are my daughter
[Hook]
I saw that the image
I saw it was real
So you are my daughter
Then maybe we've got something to talk about
[Verse 3]
Who told you so
That gold burns slow
Like coal camper's candles
All lost in the snow
[Hook]
Now you are my daughter
Then maybe we've got something to talk about
[Bridge]
Lay down, you're on
The warmth that I'm weaving
Is for you alone
[Chorus]
Up on the sun
Where it never rains or snows
There's an ocean
With a wind that never blows
And if you see it closer
Then the finer points will show
Not too much more
Too much more
Up on the Sun was written by Curt Kirkwood.
Up on the Sun was produced by Meat Puppets & Spot.
Meat Puppets released Up on the Sun on Thu Mar 21 1985.