you are my sunshine, my only sunshine / you make me happy when skies are grey / you'll never know, dear, how much i love you / please don't take my sunshine away // the other night, dear, as i lay sleeping / i dreamt i held you in my arms / when i awoke, dear, i was mistaken / so i held my head and i cried

Alan's Notes:

i used to work at summer camps for mentally handicapped kids and this song was by far the most popular camp song. we thought by slowing it down it would bring out the very sober, depressing theme of the lyrics. a lot of those old folk songs are like that. we just messed with it in the studio and kramer went nuts and insisted we do it for the record.

Personal Thoughts:

Having a rendition of this song follow "Rope" is a bold move, and it makes this cover very chilling indeed. Couldn't think of a better end to the record than this.

Live:

Once again, played very infrequently through the 90s.

Additional Info:

This the only cover the band recorded that has been published on a main studio album.