"Spread Your Wings" lyrics

"Spread Your Wings"

Sammy was low
Just watching the show
Over and over again
Knew it was time
He'd made up his mind
To leave his dead life behind
His boss said to him
"Boy, you'd better begin
To get those crazy notions right out of your head
Sammy, who do you think that you are?
You should've been sweeping up the Emerald Bar"

Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
'Cause you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man

He spends his evenings alone in his hotel room
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon
Wishing he was miles and miles away
Nothing in this world, nothing would make him stay

Since he was small
Had no luck at all
Nothing came easy to him
Now it was time
He'd made up his mind
"This could be my last chance"
His boss said to him, "Now listen, boy!
You're always dreaming
You've got no real ambition, you won't get very far
Sammy boy, don't you know who you are?
Why can't you be happy at the Emerald Bar?"

So honey

Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
'Cause you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man

Come on, honey

Fly with me


Thanks to KD, Louve, Martín for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): John Deacon
Although this song was a fan favourite, it has never made a hit.
There is a live BBC-radio-session recording of this track that features a sped-up final part of the song.
The music video was filmed in Roger Taylor's garden in 1978. The weather was cold and snowy which the band found very uncomfortable.
Blind Guardian covered this song on their 1992 album "Somewhere Far Beyond".
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