Lyrics to
Sail On

This version of Sail On was released by Free in 1972.

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Sail on my brother
Sail on through the night
Sail on my sister
Sail on through the night

Beautiful as the day is long
Beautiful as the day is long

Sail on your troubles
Sail on through your doubts
Sail on your worries
Sail on soon you’ll work it out

Beautiful as the day is long
Beautiful as the day is long

I’ve always been a believer
In the good things of life
But they don’t all come wrapped in cellophane
And they don’t always seem to turn out right
They don’t always seen to turn out right

I’ve always been a believer
In the good things of life
But they don’t all come wrapped in cellophane
And they don’t always seem to turn out right
No, no, no,
They don’t always seen to turn out right
Sometimes they do not
Humm…. sail on

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About Lyrics and Sail On by Free

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

You can understand the lyrics to Sail On 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 On" means the words set to the music of Sail On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Free. 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 On and the lyrics to Sail On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Free who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sail On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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