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Come Sail Away [Live]

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Come Sail Away [Live] Lyrics

I'm sailing away
Set an open course for the virgin sea
'Cause I've got to be free
Free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board I'm the captain
So climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow
On every shore and I'll try
Oh Lord, I'll try
To carry on

I look to the sea
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever
So the story goes
But somehow we missed out
On that pot of gold
But we'll try best that we can
To carry on

A gathering of angels
Appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope
And this is what they said
They said, come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me (lads)
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me (baby)
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

I thought that they were angels
But to my surprise
We climbed aboard their starship
We headed for the skies

Singing, come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me (lads)
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

I'm sailing away
Set an open course for the virgin sea
'Cause I've got to be free 
Free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board I'm the captain
So climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow 
On every shore and I'll try
Oh Lord, I'll try 
To carry on

I look to the sea 
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever 
So the story goes
But somehow we missed out 
On that pot of gold
But we'll try best that we can 
To carry on

A gathering of angels
Appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope 
And this is what they said
They said, come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me (lads)
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me (baby)
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

I thought that they were angels 
But to my surprise
We climbed aboard their starship 
We headed for the skies

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by wow1111575

6y ago

[Verse 1] I'm sailing away Set an open course for the Virgin Sea 'Cause I've got to be free Free to face the life that's ahead of me

On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard We'll search for tomorrow on every shore And I'll try, oh Lord I'll try, your turn (To carry on) Yes, we're gonna carry on, alright, we're gonna carry on

[Verse 2] I look to the sea Reflections in the waves spark my memory Some happy, some sad I think of childhood friends, and the dreams we had We had dreams

We lived happily forever, so that story goes But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold But we'll try best that we can, from the heart (To carry on)

[Pre-Chorus] A gathering of angels appeared above my head They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said

[Chorus] They said: Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me Y'all say Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me

[Keyboard Instrumental Break and Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus] I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise We climbed aboard their star ship, we headed for the skies Sing it

[Chorus] Come sail away, come sail away, come sail with me We gonna say! Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me

[Guitar Solo] (Come sail away!)

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