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Artist: Joe Cocker
Canonical path: /joe-cocker/sail-away
Related lyric paths: 6
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Sail Away
Read Sail Away lyrics by Joe Cocker on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Sail Away
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In America you'll 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 lions or tigers-ain't no mamba snake
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Ev'rybody 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
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Joe Cocker performs "Sail Away", and this lyric page sits inside the Joe Cocker catalog on LyroVerse.
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