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Sail On, Sailor" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland. It was written by Brian Wilson, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, and Van Dyke Parks. It was released as a single in 1973, backed with "Only with You", and peaked at number 79 on the American singles charts.

The Beach Boys relocated to the Netherlands in 1972 to record this album away from the pressures of Los Angeles. They spent exorbitant amounts of money building a studio on a farm in Baambrugge, Holland recording it. When the band turned the album over to Dave Bursyn at Warner Bros. he rejected it because there was no potential single  . Brian Wilson with the Wondermints played 'Sail On Sailor' in Auckland just before last Xmas and got a huge ovation. Michael W. SmithSongwriter Interviews.

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Sail On, Sailor" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1973 album Holland. When the Beach Boys submitted the original version of Holland to Warner Brothers in October 1972, the album was rejected by the company for lacking a potential hit single. After discussion among Warner executives, longtime Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks (then director of audio-visual services at the label) said that he had a tape of a song that he had recently co-written with Brian Wilson entitled "Sail On, Sailor". The label then enjoined the Beach Boys to drop what the company perceived as the weakest track ("We.

I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean Through restful waters and deep commotion Often frightened, unenlightened Sail on, sail on sailor I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders Unrepenting, often empty Sail on, sail on sailor Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail Bought like a crust of bread, but oh do. I wail Seldom stumble, never crumble Try to tumble, life's a rumble Feel the stinging I've been given Never ending, unrelenting Heartbreak searing, always fearing Never caring, persevering Sail on, sail on, sailor I work.

Sail On Sailor is found on the album Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor.

Producer – The Beach Boys. Steamboat label From the Reprise Album MS 2118 "Holland". Rights Society: BMI. Rights Society: ASCAP. Other Versions (5 of 13) View All. Cat.