No, its about Viet Nam, the soliders there were afraid to sleep because they didn't know if they would wake up.
Trust me, it's about Vietnam, the little booklet in the America's greatest hit's CD said that.
@HoboSpartan7 I agree, everything I'm pulling up on the song leads me to that conclusion.
@HoboSpartan7 I agree, everything I'm pulling up on the song leads me to that conclusion.
This is such a great song. I'm really not sure what it's about. War maybe? "Did you hear of my enlistment?" Just a guess.
The song IS about a Man that was stationed in UpperHafford AFB, England, with the flight name "Sandman". He was killed in the line of duty. I know this because I served with him.
The song IS about a Man that was stationed in UpperHafford AFB, England, with the flight name "Sandman". He was killed in the line of duty. I know this because I served with him.
er, sorry blokes. I ment to say a man I knew stationed there was killed, not sandman.
er, sorry blokes. I ment to say a man I knew stationed there was killed, not sandman.
sorry/
sorry/
The sandman is a policeman.
@T_D_Phoenix - Exactly. The song is from 1971, the beginning of the Nixon Drug War, and is set in the future. The friend has been on the lam for many years, and the singer accidentally encounters him during a trip the singer has taken to somewhere far from their former mutual home. The Sandman is a fanatical vice cop with an evil reputation in their hometown, who has a reputation for embellishing charges by lying and other nefarious cop tactics, and is chasing the friend for some innocuous "crime" like sharing a magic mushroom with a friend (maybe the singer)...
@T_D_Phoenix - Exactly. The song is from 1971, the beginning of the Nixon Drug War, and is set in the future. The friend has been on the lam for many years, and the singer accidentally encounters him during a trip the singer has taken to somewhere far from their former mutual home. The Sandman is a fanatical vice cop with an evil reputation in their hometown, who has a reputation for embellishing charges by lying and other nefarious cop tactics, and is chasing the friend for some innocuous "crime" like sharing a magic mushroom with a friend (maybe the singer) long ago.
There's a lot of great suggestions here but I'm leaning towards two buddies (pilots) during WW II. One is back in the U.S. after a tour while the other remains in England. "Funny I've been there... you've been here...and we ain't had no time to drink that beer." The pilot back in the states suffers from post war depression and can't sleep at night... " I understand you've been running from the man that goes by the name of the Sandman..." The pilot remaining in England has signed on for another tour... "did you hear of my enlistment".
A father and son that were unable to find common ground until it was to late, I liv 7gzh45 Westinghouseed it, my son has passed. So sorry son.
going away to Vietnam while your friends stay at home, protesting it and what you are doing.
I think it means someone is losing a lot of sleep. The line "running from the sandman" would indicate this to me. Maybe someone is losing sleep about enlistment and the war in Vietnam during that era.
The eye of a hurricane has calm weather while the storm rages all around. An eagle that flies in the eye of a hurricane hopes to weather the storm. The guy must feel that way before he goes to war.
Some good guesses. But not quite the cigar. Yes, it's about war, but World War One, NOT Vietnam. The members of America were children of American servicemen in England, and they were well aware of the contributions of American fliers defending the UK during that conflict. But only the (relatively) primitive biplanes of that era would have been grounded by something as simple as fog, and a fire to stand around on the INSIDE of a building would fit the period also. "The Sandman" would represent an enemy flying ace (like the Red Baron) that this flier is pursuing or being pursued by.
But remember, as with ANY America song, a good portion of the lyrics are there simply because they sound good together, and don't always have intirnsic meaning. (Check out "Tinman".)