"Sail On Sailor"
Holland    /    Brian Wilson/Tandyn Almer/Jack Rieley /Ray Kennedy

 

Listen to this great tune while reading the amazing story of Jonah.

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Read an amazing story of  a sail Jesus took with his followers:


    
Luke 8:22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's cross over to the other side of the lake." So they got into a boat and started out. 23 On the way across, Jesus lay down for a nap, and while he was sleeping the wind began to rise. A fierce storm developed that threatened to swamp them, and they were in real danger.
24 The disciples woke him up, shouting, "Master, Master, we're going to drown!"
 So Jesus rebuked the wind and the raging waves. The storm stopped and all was calm! 25 Then he asked them, "Where is your faith?"
 And they were filled with awe and amazement. They said to one another, "Who is this man, that even the winds and waves obey him?"

    {things are just heating up for these sailors...}

26 So they arrived in the land of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. 27 As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet him. Homeless and naked, he had lived in a cemetery for a long time. 28 As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell to the ground before him, screaming, "Why are you bothering me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please, I beg you, don't torture me!" 29 For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. This spirit had often taken control of the man. Even when he was shackled with chains, he simply broke them and rushed out into the wilderness, completely under the demon's power.
30 "What is your name?" Jesus asked.
 "Legion," he replied--for the man was filled with many demons. 31 The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the Bottomless Pit. 32 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside nearby, and the demons pleaded with him to let them enter into the pigs. Jesus gave them permission. 33 So the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake, where they drowned.
34 When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby city and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. 35 A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, for they wanted to see for themselves what had happened. And they saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting quietly at Jesus' feet, clothed and sane. And the whole crowd was afraid. 36 Then those who had seen what happened told the others how the demon-possessed man had been healed. 37 And all the people in that region begged Jesus to go away and leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them.
 So Jesus returned to the boat and left, crossing back to the other side of the lake. 38 The man who had been demon possessed begged to go, too, but Jesus said, 39 "No, go back to your family and tell them all the wonderful things God has done for you." So he went all through the city telling about the great thing Jesus had done for him.


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 the seaways, the  gale-swept seaways
Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked  waters
Uninspired, drenched and tired
Wail on, wail on,  sailor

Always needing, even bleeding
Never feeding all my  feelings
Damn the thunder, must I blunder
There's no wonder all I'm  under
Stop the crying and the lying
And the sighing and my  dying

Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on,  sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor
Sail  on, sail on sailor
Sail on, sail on sailor


"Sail On Sailor"
Time: 3:21
Single Released  1973
Charted 2/24/73 Reached #79
Recharted 4/12/75 Reached #49
A side  with "The Trader"
Brian Wilson/Tandyn Almer/Jack Rieley /Ray  Kennedy