Sister Golden Hair Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mongoosestalker 

Cover art for Sister Golden Hair lyrics by America

I don't by any means think this is what it's about, but I thought.... well what if the guy is gay? I mean he did say stuff about the whole " I do agree there's times when a woman sure can be a friend of mine". But then I thought, well no because that doesn't go along with the whole I love you thing. I agree with pretty much everyone else. And I like the nun thing. I have to say though, maybe he only thinks of her as a sister. SHE wants it to be more, but he's going.... well no. I'm not ready for the altar. But I can't live without you because I love you, but in a sisterly way, and I tried to fake that I love you, but I really don't love you as a lover. And it would be depressing if you were in a situation like that. Well there's my two cents.

Man, that's quite freaky reading your description there - that's more or less exactly how I've come to interpret it. Until a few weeks ago I was the guy in the last situation you describe. Thing that differs from your scenario is that we had ended up in a three and a half year relationship, and after all that time, I still figured she felt more like a sister to me than a lover. Being romantic just didn't feel quite right, really can't describe how confusing it felt. She had lovely golden hair, very attractive, very affectionate - a really...

@mongoosestalker don't think sister was a nun, just old hippy lingo, like hey brother, hey sister, in an all love and peace crowd. Just like the song Sister Chistian. She was not a nun either.