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title: "Tired of the Sunshine"

meaning: "California contradiction: blame Mercury retrograde, want alone-but-not-alone: tired of the sunshine on a beach record, feat. Bubby Lewis."

year: 2023
release: "Moonlight Beach"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

credits: "Written by Luke Francis Walton. Performed by Scoobert Doobert featuring Bubby Lewis (Bubby Lewis on the track). Mixed by Luke Francis Walton."

apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/tired-of-the-sunshine-feat-bubby-lewis/1675559395?i=1675559403"
spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/2l5r7AyE9hDNI7VUH6FLlA"

themes: ["sunshine", "isolation", "California", "Moonlight Beach", "contradiction"]

isrc: QZES62358096
isrcSource: soundexchange
lyrics: |
  I blame it all upon the weather
  It's some damn external thing
  Never an internal thing
  I blame it all upon another
  How could they treat me that way?
  Mercury in retrograde
  Ah, hanh, ah, hanh, ah, hanh

  I don't wanna be alone
  But I wanna be alone
  Don't wanna be wanting anyone
  In my home I don't wanna be home
  When I'm out, I get tired of the sunshine

  Ooo, tired of the sunshine
  Ooo, I'm tired of the heat
  Ooo, take me to a mountaintop
  Where I can rest

  Self-help books
  Make me feel productive
  Not like I change anything
  But I keep on reading
  Little educational videos
  Waste my days on trivia
  What's the capital of Bolivia?
  Ah, hanh, ah, hanh, ah, hanh

  I don't wanna be alone
  But I wanna be alone
  Don't wanna be wanting anyone
  In my home I don't wanna be home
  When I'm out, I get tired of the sunshine

  Ooo, tired of the sunshine
  Ooo, I'm tired of the heat
  Ooo, take me to a mountaintop
  Cause I'm tired of the sunshine
  But I can't be tired of the sunshine
  Why would I be tired of the sunshine
  Think I'm crazy tired of the light
  I'm tired

  I'm tired of the sunshine
  But I can't be tired of the sunshine
  Why would I be tired of the sunshine
  Think I'm crazy tired of the light
  I'm tired

  I'm tired of the sunshine
  But I can't be tired of the sunshine
  Why would I be tired of the sunshine
  Think I'm crazy tired of the light
  I'm tired
  Ah, hanh, ah, hanh, ah, hanh

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Track five on [*Moonlight Beach*](/albums/moonlight-beach/). Luke wrote it; **[Bubby Lewis](https://www.bubbylewis.com/)** played on the track (feat. on the LP), a collaborator on a record that's otherwise sunshine-and-bonfire California pop.

The chorus names the album's shadow side as a clean paradox: *I don't wanna be alone / but I wanna be alone*. It's the honest counter-melody to [*Feels So Good*](/songs/feels-so-good/) and its commercial-perfect joy. The blame stays external (*Mercury in retrograde*) and the coping is theater: self-help books, trivia videos, *what's the capital of Bolivia?*

California as obligation as much as gift. Pairs with [*golden state of mind*](/songs/golden-state-of-mind/) on [*I*](/albums/i/) as the later, easier answer.

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