"Sara" lyrics

ka10 · #1 05-26-2005, 01:36 PM

The very first time I ever heard "Sara" (on the FM Greatest Hits cd), I remember being taken aback because I could've sworn the opening line of the chorus was, "Dead Sara, you're the poet in my heart..." The morbid reference really caught me off-guard!

Then, after seeing the lyrics to the less-edited versions, I thought maybe it was just a tweaked version of original "He said, 'Sara...'" But now that I know about the whole abortion tie-in, and have been listening to the song a lot again recently, I still swear it sounds like, "Dead Sara"... Does anybody else hear this, too?

~Kat

ontheEdgeof17 · #2 05-26-2005, 02:04 PM

Wow. I never heard "dead" before while listening to it.

From the first time I heard it (way back in the day), I always thought it was "He said".

What would be very odd and tense would be if Stevie sang "Sara" this summer with Don in the wings.

It won't happen, but just a thought.

DrummerDeanna · #3 05-26-2005, 02:07 PM

No but if you play play Rhiannon backwards she says, "Mick is dead...miss him miss him miss him..." Oh wait. ....wrong band

Man - I REALLY need a nap

Kelly · #4 05-26-2005, 02:14 PM

I am not completely convinced that Sara has all that much to do with an aborted baby, yes..its in there but the source is...DON. enuff said.

I tend to think the song is more about what Stevie says "its about all of us in Fleetwood Mac and what was going on in our lives at that time" .....I do not hear DEAD Sara.

There is only one song of Stevie's that I think is entirely about a lost baby and it isn't Sara.

strandinthewind · #5 05-26-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

I am not completely convinced that Sara has all that much to do with an aborted baby, yes..its in there but the source is...DON. enuff said.

I tend to think the song is more about what Stevie says "its about all of us in Fleetwood Mac and what was going on in our lives at that time" .....I do not hear DEAD Sara.

There is only one song of Stevie's that I think is entirely about a lost baby and it isn't Sara.

She also said it was "pretty much about Mick" in the VH-1 fan interview

Here we go again

amber · #6 05-26-2005, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ka10

The very first time I ever heard "Sara" (on the FM Greatest Hits cd), I remember being taken aback because I could've sworn the opening line of the chorus was, "Dead Sara, you're the poet in my heart..." The morbid reference really caught me off-guard!

Then, after seeing the lyrics to the less-edited versions, I thought maybe it was just a tweaked version of original "He said, 'Sara...'" But now that I know about the whole abortion tie-in, and have been listening to the song a lot again recently, I still swear it sounds like, "Dead Sara"... Does anybody else hear this, too?

~Kat

No, I never thought that, but I messed up plenty of the other words to Sara, and, indeed, until very recently had only the vaguest grasp of what she was saying in many of her songs. Didn't matter, though. So, anyway, no, I never heard "dead Sara", sorry. However, I did think "undoing the laces" vaguely was "I knew him, the lady says"

- so, rock on!

ontheEdgeof17 · #7 05-26-2005, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

There is only one song of Stevie's that I think is entirely about a lost baby and it isn't Sara.

Hrmmmm....

Does it end an album and a tour?

ontheEdgeof17 · #8 05-26-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

She also said it was "pretty much about Mick" in the VH-1 fan interview

Here we go again

"When you build your house...then call me...home" is SO Don. As is "He was singing...". I sure the heck hope that Mick didn't sing.

Kelly · #9 05-26-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

She also said it was "pretty much about Mick" in the VH-1 fan interview

Here we go again

I am not going anywhere again..cause Mick is part of Fleetwood mac. Do I need to get the quote by Stevie where she ALSO says its about "all of us in FM??

Kelly · #10 05-26-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Hrmmmm....

Does it end an album and a tour?

shhhhhhhhhh. We can't bring it up or we will hear about Rhiannon myths and babies in towers, etc.

Kelly · #11 05-26-2005, 02:30 PM

For Strand.

Sara [is my most personal song] It's about myself, and what all of us in Fleetwood Mac were going through at the time. The true version of that song is 16 minutes long. It's a saga with many verses people haven't heard.
~Stevie Nicks, Us magazine, July 1990

So, Mick is still a member of FM right? But, according to Stevie..that is not all that Sara is about. Plus, does Mick sing while undoing her laces?

Lets hope the hell not.

strandinthewind · #12 05-26-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

For Strand.

Sara [is my most personal song] It's about myself, and what all of us in Fleetwood Mac were going through at the time. The true version of that song is 16 minutes long. It's a saga with many verses people haven't heard.
~Stevie Nicks, Us magazine, July 1990

So, Mick is still a member of FM right? But, according to Stevie..that is not all that Sara is about. Plus, does Mick sing while undoing her laces?

Lets hope the hell not.

I think the undoing the laces, the singing, and the building of a house are all about Don. In fact, she mentioned that Don did build his house and she was standing right in the middle of it or something like that. But, I think the dark wing in the Storm is Mick - I think she thought Mick would be some kind of solace after LB and Henley; she was wrong and that is what i think she is talking about - her running to Mick after all of that and the end of that to her despair. And the titular figure is the girl Mick married - right? So, Mick is in there somnewhere just as she said.

ontheEdgeof17 · #13 05-26-2005, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

For Strand.

Sara [is my most personal song] It's about myself, and what all of us in Fleetwood Mac were going through at the time. The true version of that song is 16 minutes long. It's a saga with many verses people haven't heard.
~Stevie Nicks, Us magazine, July 1990

So, Mick is still a member of FM right? But, according to Stevie..that is not all that Sara is about. Plus, does Mick sing while undoing her laces?

Lets hope the hell not.

I would really love to hear this 16 minute version. I'm sure the "Cleaning Lady" version is fairly close to this one, but it would be interesting to see what verses were left out.....they tend to be the best verses, too.

strandinthewind · #14 05-26-2005, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I would really love to hear this 16 minute version. I'm sure the "Cleaning Lady" version is fairly close to this one, but it would be interesting to see what verses were left out.....they tend to be the best verses, too.

I know - look at Bombay Saph. and FFG. Oh well, I guess we never will. Interestingly, she could have used them in another song as she is prone to do and we would never know

ontheEdgeof17 · #15 05-26-2005, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I know - look at Bombay Saph. and FFG. Oh well, I guess we never will. Interestingly, she could have used them in another song as she is prone to do and we would never know

My theory is that Gate and Garden contains the missings Sara lyrics. For one, the beat and piano parts are very similar. Also, there is no demo in circulation for this song, one of the very very few that hasn't surfaced...because...it's a apart of the 16 minute Sara.