Lyrics to
Sail Away

This version of Sail Away was released by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) in 1972.

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Lock the door, sun’s a fallin’.
Poke the fire, don’t let the cold in.
Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life.

Found a boat to make the break in.
Filled with hope ’bout the step I’m takin’.
Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life.

Spent a long time list’ning to the captain of the sea,
Shoutin’ orders to his crew; No one hears but me.

Cast away, tide’s a runnin’
Hoist the sail, strong wind’s comin’.
Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life.

Spent a long time list’ning to the captain of the sea,
Shoutin’ orders to his crew; No one hears but me.

Lock the door, sun’s a fallin’.
Poke the fire, don’t let the cold in.
Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life.
Gonna try to sail away from the rest of my life

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Sail Away, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). Some of the lyrics to Sail Away have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Sail Away if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sail Away" means the words set to the music of Sail Away, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sail Away and the lyrics to Sail Away are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sail Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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