Lyrics to
Sail Away

This version of Sail Away was released by Peter Frampton in 1974.

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Sailing away today, maybe come back this way
I don’t know which way I’m supposed to go
(Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh)
Today… (Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Schooning around, will the sun shine on me?
(Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh;
Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh)

Sailing away today, I’ll sail today
Should I come back to stay
Well, I can’t see what you mean to me
(Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh;
Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh; ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Cause there’s something inside pushing me on
Draining my pride
(Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh; Mama ooh, ooh, ooh)
Sail away.

Sailing away today
Can’t you come out to play? Ooh ooh ooh,
No more sound ‘cept the seagulls bound to stay
(Sailing away, sailing away, sailing away, today)
Ooh I’ll sail away
(Sailing away, sailing away, sailing away)
Ooh I’ll sail away

(Sailin’ away, sail away, sailin’ away)
Sail today … (sailin’ away, sail away, sail away)
Sail away.

Sailing away today, ooh
Maybe come back to stay
I don’t know which way I’m supposed to go
(Sailing away, sailing away, sailing away)
To go … ooh
(Sailing away, sailing today, sailing away)
Well, I’m schonning around
But will the sun shine on me? (Sailin’ away, sail away, sailin’ away)

Yeah, sail away, yeah (Sailin’ away, follow away, today)
Come on’ today
Sail away (Sailin’ away, follow away, sailin’ today)
Ooh sail away
Yeah today (Sailin’ away, sailin’ away)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh (Follow away, today, ooh)
Follow away today (Sailin’ away, sailin’ away, sail today)
Ooh, sail away (Sailin’ away, follow away, today)
Yeah, I say sail away (Sail away, sail away, today)
You and me sail away (Sail away, sail away, today)
Sail away
Sail away (Sail away, sail away, today)
Sail away, ooh today.

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About Lyrics and Sail Away by Peter Frampton

The lyrics to Sail Away are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Peter Frampton used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Sail Away have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Peter Frampton and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sail Away by Peter Frampton. 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 Peter Frampton. 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 Peter Frampton 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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