Sail on-Commodores (Cover)

With the Commodores, Lionel Richie wrote some very sweet-sounding songs that tell very sad stories - "Easy" and "Still" for example. "Sail On" is another. It's a moving song about a man realizes his marriage is never going to work, and he's tired of trying. He has decided to end it as painlessly as possible and re-claim his life.

These songs weren't personal. Richie was married at the time and didn't get divorced until 1993.