Being a dreamer, I’ve always loved “Spread Your Wings” by Queen written by bassist John Deacon. It tells the story of Sammy the dreamer who’s stuck in a dead-end job. I remember even as a kid relating to this wonderful song.
I like how it shows the negative forces that keep us down and prevent us from fulfilling our destiny and making our dreams come true. Most of us never never overcome this oppression and too many of us are our own worst enemies.
Here’s what Sammy’s boss tells 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’
I love this simple but powerful message:
Spread your wings and fly away… far away
Pull yourself together
‘Cos you know you should do better
That’s because you’re a free man
S P R E A D Y O U R W I N G S!
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
‘Cos 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
‘Cos you know you should do better
That’s because you’re a free man
Come on honey
FLY WITH ME!
