It Bites released three studio albums, The Big Lad in the Windmill (1986), Once Around the World (1988) and Eat Me in St Louis (1989). Their swansong final live album Thank You and Goodnight was released in 1990. It Bites' biggest hit was "Calling All the Heroes" in 1986, which reached #6 in the United Kingdom's Top 40.
Since leaving It Bites, Dunnery has been a solo artist, recording six studio albums: Welcome to the Wild Country (1991), Fearless (1994), Tall Blonde Helicopter (1995), Let's Go Do What Happens (1998), Man (2001), The Gulley Flats Boys (2005). He has performed regularly in both the U.S. and the UK. His biggest solo hit was "American Life in the Summertime". Live, he often performs stripped down acoustic arrangements and is known for his intimate audience relationship, talking at length between songs about the songs and their often deep personal meaning, as exemplified in his 1995 live album, "One Night in Sauchiehall Street".
Dunnery is also the inventor of the guitar based instrument called the tapboard which used parts of a shower hose and an egg timer.
Francis Dunnery was approached to join Genesis, post-Phil Collins, but refused. He contributed backing vocals to Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe's eponymous album. He rehearsed with The Syn for an abortive tour in 2005.
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Too Much Saturn
Francis Dunnery Lyrics
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Wore sandals and shaved my head
And used Body shop conditioner, and incense like crazy
I could call myself a spirit head
But I only went to India to look on top
I wore sandals cause I'd smoked all my money
And I shaved off all my hair cause I had the fleas
I'd been sleeping all over
And the incense used to hide the smell
Of the drug den that I lay in
And so I ask myself what my motives are
For this lying need to look so free
And if I tell myself real honestly
What more can I admit to, open up a door
He said I'm gonna find out what I'm here for
He said I'd find out soon
I got too much Saturn and not enough Moon
I always believed that if I never missed a Yoga class
Read my horoscope in the dailies
And recycle bottles, and know a Red Indian
I could call myself a spirit man
But I was only doing Yoga cause I fancied the teacher
And stars cause it looked good on paper
And I only went to church cause my granny gave me money
When confession was over
And I only knew the Indian cause his brother's a dealer
And bottles had a price on their return
So I could go and play, Oh my my
And so I ask myself what my motives are
For this lying need to look so free
And if I tell myself real honestly
What more can I admit to, open up a door
He said I'm gonna find out what I'm here for
He said I'd find out soon
I got too much Saturn and not enough Moon
So now that you know why I don't love you
And now that you see that I'm so scared
Am I a good man ?
Am I a deep deep man ?
What more can I admit to, open up a door
He said I'm gonna find out what I'm here for
He said I'd find out soon
I got too much Saturn
How can I admit it, open up a door
He said I'm gonna find out what I'm here for
He said I'd find out soon
I got too much Saturn and not enough Moon
In the song "Too Much Saturn," Francis Dunnery examines the idea of spirituality and self-discovery. He talks about his experiences with different practices such as yoga, astrology, and church and how he used them more for external appearances than for true inner growth. He comments on his motivations for these practices, questioning if he was seeking true enlightenment or merely trying to create an image of himself.
Dunnery acknowledges that he was only doing yoga to impress the teacher and reading horoscopes because it looked good on paper. Similarly, he only knew the Indian person he mentions in the song because of their affiliation with drug dealing. He admits that he went to church solely for the money his grandmother gave him after confession. He highlights how his practices were not rooted in genuine curiosity, but rather stemmed from a need to appear enlightened.
The refrain of the song, "He said I'm gonna find out what I'm here for, He said I'd find out soon" refers to a mystic or psychic who seems to have seen into Dunnery's future. The line, "I got too much Saturn and not enough Moon" is astrological in nature, indicating that he has too much emphasis on practical skills and logic and not enough focus on intuition and emotions. Overall, "Too Much Saturn" is a self-reflective song about the complicated process of discovering oneself, including the pitfalls of chasing an outward form of spirituality.
Line by Line Meaning
I always believed that if I ran off to India
I once thought that by going to India
Wore sandals and shaved my head
wearing sandals and shaving my head
And used Body shop conditioner, and incense like crazy
using Body Shop conditioner and incense excessively
I could call myself a spirit head
I could consider myself a spiritual person
But I only went to India to look on top
But I only went to India to impress people
I wore sandals cause I'd smoked all my money
I wore sandals because I had spent all my money on cigarettes
And I shaved off all my hair cause I had the fleas
And I shaved off all my hair because I had fleas in my hair
I'd been sleeping all over
I had been sleeping in different places
And the Body shop conditioner was a present from a friend
And the Body Shop conditioner was given to me as a gift
And the incense used to hide the smell
And I used incense to cover up the smell of where I had been sleeping
Of the drug den that I lay in
Which was a drug den
And so I ask myself what my motives are
So I question my intentions
For this lying need to look so free
For my habit of pretending to be free-spirited
And if I tell myself real honestly
And if I am truly honest with myself
What more can I admit to, open up a door
What else can I confess to, and open up more possibilities
He said I'm gonna find out what I'm here for
Someone said I would discover my purpose
He said I'd find out soon
They said I would find out shortly
I got too much Saturn and not enough Moon
I am too concerned with structure and not enough with emotion
I always believed that if I never missed a Yoga class
I once thought that if I never missed a yoga class
Read my horoscope in the dailies
Read my horoscope in the newspaper
And recycle bottles, and know a Red Indian
And recycled bottles, and knew a Native American
I could call myself a spirit man
I could identify as being spiritual
But I was only doing Yoga cause I fancied the teacher
But I only practiced yoga because I was attracted to the teacher
And stars cause it looked good on paper
And I read horoscopes because it seemed trendy
And I only went to church cause my granny gave me money
And I only went to church because my grandmother paid me
When confession was over
After confession ended
And I only knew the Indian cause his brother's a dealer
And I only knew the Native American because their sibling sold drugs
And bottles had a price on their return
And bottles had a deposit that could be redeemed
So I could go and play, Oh my my
So I could go and have fun, Oh my my
So now that you know why I don't love you
Now that you understand why I don't love you
And now that you see that I'm so scared
And now that you realize that I'm so afraid
Am I a good man ?
Am I a good person?
Am I a deep deep man ?
Am I a profound person?
How can I admit it, open up a door
How can I confess it, and reveal more opportunities
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Written by: FRANCIS DUNNERY
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