Het nummer is geschreven door gitarist Brian May. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The song was released as a single in 1980, reaching No. Jamie from Cambridge Incidentally, this song inspired Guns n' Roses' song "Sweet Child of Mine", which was, in turn, a song to Axle's then-fiance (daughter of an Everly Brother). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Sail Away Sweet Sister tab by Queen. Maybe you'll find somebody. Ahem. Sail away sweet sister Sail across the sea Maybe you'll find somebody That will love you half as much as me My heart is always with you No matter what you do So sail away sweet sister Cause I'll always be in love with you [From this point on is actually from "Bad Time" by Grand Funk Railroad] But let her be somebody else's queen Sail away sweet sister (To the sister I never had). Last edit on Feb 10, 2014. I’m equating sex with love, and misreading holding as hugging instead of stopping. Unless I’m missing something here, I never interpreted the sister as being an actual blood sister, but rather a girlfiend/lover, and the “sister” term was used for effect. To love you half as much as me. No matter how hard I tried to convince her I was the right guy for her, she never answered my affection. I think it’s still a lovely song though. A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time. Back to my arms again - Queen - But gone is the sweet concision of loss found in ’39, and instead we just get the impression that Brian feels bad for groping his sister. The Sevendust frontman talks about the group's songwriting process, and how trips to the Murder Bar helped forge their latest album. Sail Away Sweet Sister Sail across the sea Maybe you find somebody To love you half as much as me. It’s a beautiful piece of emotional guitar work, and it contrasts blissfully with Freddie’s more pointed piano. Queen guitarist Brian May wrote this, and though he usually played piano on his own songs, this time he asked Freddie Mercury do record it because of his perfect timing and rhythm sense. But there’s a small little place in my heart that still has that feeling for her. Bowie was doing a lot of drugs at the time and later said, "I have only flashes of making it.". "Play the Game" was written by Freddie Mercury. Sail away sweet sister I'll always be in love with you. Fifth Harmony was going to call their song "Work," but they changed it to "Work from Home" when Rihanna released a song with that title. I know. It makes much more sense applied to a friend, at which point the song still sounds a bit suggestive, which still seems inappropriate. I had the second no stuck in my head, so I played it and the video happened to have the lyrics. I feel both music and emotions very physically, and when the pull is in harmony, so to speak, it feels deep, powerful and important. Forgive me for what I told you My heart makes a fool of me You know that I'll never hold you I know that you gotta be free, yeah. If you want to support me, making it more financially viable and easier to explain to people at parties, please back my patreon. Sail away sweet sister Sail across the sea Maybe you'll find somebody That will love you half as much as me My heart is always with you No matter what you do So sail away sweet sister Cause I'll always be in love with you But let her be somebody else's queen I don't want to know about you Cuz too many others know what I mean