CHRISTOPHER CROSS - SAILING

SAILING

CHRISTOPHER CROSS

SONGWRITER: CHRISTOPHER CROSS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: CHRISTOPHER CROSS

LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1979

Christopher Cross is the self-titled debut album by Christopher Cross, released in December 1979. Recorded in mid-1979, the album was one of the early digitally recorded albums, utilizing the 3M Digital Recording System. In 1981, it won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, famously beating Pink Floyd's The Wall. It has been noted for being one of the most influential soft rock albums of the early 1980s.

Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. Cross won Five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen.)

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me

And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility

Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see

Baby believe me

It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend

And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again

Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see

Baby believe me

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Sailing takes me away to where i've always heard it could be

Just a dream and the wind to carry me

And soon i will be free

Fantasy, it gets the best of me

When i'm sailing

All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony

Won't you believe me?

Chorus

Well it's not far back to sanity, at least it's not for me

And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity

Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see

Baby believe me

Chorus