Story Behind The Song

This was written in a town in SW Michigan which is the band's namesake: "Union Pier". It just describes some of the sights and things experience while being there on vacation one year. I was the actual "Sonny"; and although I do not sail, I enjoy watching

Song Description

Sonny's is a lost soul who hates current his job and needs a break. He falls in love with a small town on a great body of water and takes it all in. The sun, the waves, and the sights of sailboat all calm him and make him not want to go back home.

Lyrics

Sonny's got a sailboat, keeps it in the bay;
people are watching him with it every day
Never going home, never going back;
doesn't need a suitcase 'cause he doesn't need to pack
Well, Sonny's got a sailboat, Sonny wants to sail away

I'd give it all up, just to be here every day;
never go to work again, learning how to play
Firefly flies in the hundred acre wood;
she would try to catch 'em if she though she only could
Well, Sonny's got a sailboat, Sonny wants to sail away

Like children in the forest,
like fish out in the sea;
maybe they'll ignore us, and not come after me

(musical break)

Like children in the forest,
like fish out in the sea;
maybe they'll ignore us, and not come after me

Sonny's got a sailboat, keeps it in the bay;
people are wishing they were him every day
Singing with the boys and the girls on Sunday night,
looking for my love in the misty moonlight
Well, Sonny's got a sailboat, Sonny wants to sail away
Sonny's got a sailboat,
Sonny's got a sailboat,
Sonny's got a sailboat,
Oh Sonny's got a sailboat, Sonny wants to sail away