Sail Away

Album: Sail Away (1972)
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  • In America, you get food to eat
    Won't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet
    You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
    It's great to be an American

    Ain't no lion or tiger, ain't no mamba snake
    Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
    Everybody is as happy as a man can be
    Climb aboard, little wog, sail away with me

    Sail away, sail away
    We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
    Sail away, sail away
    We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

    In America, every man is free
    To take care of his home and his family
    You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
    You're all gonna be an American

    Sail away, sail away
    We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
    Sail away, sail away
    We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay Writer/s: Randy Newman
    Publisher: Actual Music, S.L., BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 1

  • Bobo2432 from UsaBobby Darin got it. I've listened to it carefully. BD embodies the guile of the slaver. Nuance. I can't believe that Randy Newman and his intellect doesn't get that. I think Newman does get that. I would say the reporter's take on Darin and Newman's feeling is wrong....
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