Spread Your Wings Lyrics

Lyric discussion by vphi 

Cover art for Spread Your Wings lyrics by Queen

I wonder if John Deacon means rather "Esmeralda's Barn" club in London than any random "Emerald Bar"

[Edit: checked the spelling with Wikipedia]

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John Deacon

@vphi It's closed since 1963 but was indirectly mentioned in Play with Fire, a song of 1965 by The Rolling Stones

@vphi I doubt that Sammy is actually only sweeping floors; IMHO what his boss is saying to him is to expect no raise in money or status. Sammy-boy may in fact play a guitar like John Deacon