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Sister Christian Lyrics
Sister Christian
Oh the time has come
And you know that you're the only one
To say O.K.
Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

You're motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight

Babe you know
You're growing up so fast
And mama's worrying
That you won't last
To say let's play
Sister Christian
There's so much in life
Don't you give it up
Before your time is due
It's true
It's true yeah

Motoring
What's your price for flight
You've got him in your sight
And driving through the night
Motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight

Motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight
(repeat)

Sister Christian
Oh the time has come
And you know that you're the only one
To say O.K.
But you're motoring
You're motoring
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"Sister Christian" as written by Kelly Keagy
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Desaparecida
04-26-2003

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i have absolutely no bloody idea about what this song means. i used to think it was about this girl (sister christian) who was dying, of like aids or cancer or something...then i used to think it was that she was pregnant...i dont know...do you know?

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Bassmonger
06-04-2004

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I would have thought it's a song about a dude being protective of his little sister who's just getting old enough to be screwed every which way by the big bad boys of the world.

But maybe I'm depraved.

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dementia
11-05-2004

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it's about the dude who wrote it's little sister.. they misinterpreted the lyrics. it's supposed to be "sister Christy" but other than that, Bassmonger is right.

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LovelyShiksa
12-18-2004

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Its so obvious that it is about a girl who is hitting puberty and the boys don't want to PLAY they want to REALLY GO AT IT! And the guys like telling her that shes like a plane - she can either stay here and deal with it or fly away and find a real guy.

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ULlilLady
02-24-2005

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i think its about a motorcycle

































haha
no its defitiely about girl who should make the rifht decisions.

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Wurby Tictoc
06-04-2005

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It's about the lead singer giving advice to his little sister. Motoring is what you might call cruising around with your friends or something. I heard the song was originally called "Sister Christy" but when he sang it his words ran together so they just changed it to Christian.

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alicek
04-04-2006

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I loved this song ever since I saw Boogie Nights. It plays at the end, when the main characters are trying to sell bogus coke to some dealer guy. They are scared to death because everyone in the room has a semi-automatic pistol on them and they are basically trying to con them. The characters' careers have dried up and all that's left is their coke addiction. This song reminds me of my older brother, who in the same time period as the movie (mid 80's) also had a debilitating coke addiction. The scene--and the song--perfectly encapsulates what I remember of him at the time. Nihilistic, addicted, and terribly, terribly scared. I was only 6 or 7 at the time, he was 16 or 17, but he was unforgettable. Our parents, I learned later, fully believed he would overdose and die any day. There was an overwhelming depression in our home that I can feel in this song.

Compounding it for me is the song's title, and the way it is addressed to a little sister. To me it is a terribly sad song. Life whittled down into pusuit of an addiction--Everyone around you getting mentally ready to mourn your death--not even really wanting to live anymore..while your little sister takes it all in without comprehending.

So I feel better now that I've shared what this song means to me with the entire world. I'm not sure how many people will read it. Maybe Night Ranger--who are probably a bunch of geriatric Q-tips by now with nothing better to do than surf the 'net looking for evidence of their greatness, will read this and be pleased.

So I'm not sticking to the lyrics really but just what it means to me. And the funny thing is, apparently the vast majority of the world has forgotten about this song, judging from the scarcity of posts about it on this site. I don't own it on CD, however, my husband is a bartender and I will go have a drink while he's working and almost always play this on the Juke. Drives all the regulars crazy. People ten years older than me have said it reminds them of slow-dancing in high school. Funny that it could mean something so trite to one person while for me I nearly cry every time I hear it.

Ok I'm done now.

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snatchpro
05-23-2006

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I'm going toward Alicek. I first noticed it on Boogie Nights. But when I heard it I knew it was a good song. I'm positive that it's about his little sister or a young girl that he cared about. I have it and I know all of the lyrics and I definitely am going towards that.

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^exeF.
06-09-2006

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Well, I had heard the chorus of this song in many places before but it was never appealing. But I myself am a junior in highschool and I like older music. During gym, while we were in the locker room had his CD player on and was like "Here we guys, some old school stuff, sing along if you know it", and he started to sing, "Sister christian, oh the time has come, and you know that you're the only one, to say, ok. Where you going, what you looking for?"

Then my gym teacher came in with a, "Brandon, who sings that song", he responded "Night Ranger", and my gym teacher responded, "Well, let them sing it." It was just one of those classical funny moments, but I decided to check the song out and I love it.

It's an amazing song.

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joshuaswife
07-02-2006

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My husband says it is about a chick that is a slut.

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sillybunny
08-12-2006

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A muse mentioned that Sister Christian is what she whispered so it’s what they sang. Sister Christian is her sister muse—born Catholic but having stretched her wings, lightly represented a broad Christian philosophy in some aspects and while she’s the one to say OK, the strategist in her never elaborates on what she will say OK to. And it’s true those boys don’t want to play with her no more because they all became rather frustrated with the endless games she played—she became quite frustrated herself. Motoring is literally and figuratively driving. The price for flight was high and she was never certain that she found mister right—her balance. Since there are many nights she is not all right—given the parameters of the game—you’ll be all right is encouragement from those around her. She was growing up too fast by sucking in staggering amounts of awareness while her literal and figurative mothers wondered if she would manage to handle this. Gorgeous song. The other interpretations are all valid—songs can have more than one meaning …

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miss.shelle
02-19-2007

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.....wooooaaahhhh everyones cracked out. including night ranger wtf is this song about... i have a sister named christian so i wanna get to the bottom of this!!! See if it relates to me in anyway.

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missTHANG04
08-05-2007

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I heard this song on Superstar and fell in love!! I agree that i think its about his little sister and giving her big bro advice :) Great song

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bgriff777
08-12-2007

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saw this song in American Dad, wicked funny...anyways good song, i like the piano parts

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Highrise101
08-20-2007

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Its about his little sister growing up and realizing thats there more than toys in the world, theirs love, sex, drugs, rock n roll, war, hate and murder.
very very very similar to billy idols " White Wedding ".

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suthernlass
12-09-2007

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This song is just a big brother helping his sister "arrive" into womanhood. He wants to protect her but he knows to find a man she's going to have to give it up but he doesn't want her to give it up too early. Sweet song

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mongoosestalker
12-16-2007

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I figure it's about like "what's your price for flight" I mean.... what are you going to give in exchange to be happy? One of those.... if you were going to be happy for the rest of your life, would you shoot your dog, or something. I think of it as more like an older sibling telling the younger sister yeah you are going to have to figure out how far you're going to go to get the perfect guy, but don't settle, and don't wait forever. But now's not the time to worry about it.
There's my 2 cents.

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lalaland586
01-17-2008

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I think this song is about a girl that can't make up her mind. She keeps holding out for the right guy, but the author of the song asks her "what's your price for meeting mr. right." And "motoring" is her kinda keeping the car in neutral, not really picking a gear and engaging. He could be telling her she's being to perfectionistic about finding the right guy, and she needs to be more realistic, or then again, maybe he's just trying to get into her pants. Who knows.

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olp89
05-28-2008

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Night Ranger man, Night! Ranger!

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Pinch Me
07-02-2008

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While i cant explain what this song means to me without writing a book i can offer some advice on how to kind of find a meaning for it. Listen to it high. American Dad hit the nail commenting on how good it is high. I swear it is an experience in itself, especially the chorus. It is an awesome song.

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chelsear_2011
07-10-2008

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okay...the drummer of night ranger wrote this song for his litte sister christy...but he used christian so people would bug her about it but eventually it did...its just about how shes growing up and how she should make the right decisions when it comes to guys.

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greendayrhcp
10-07-2008

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my stepfather used to love this song and play it on the guitar. he commited suicide and I started listening to this song because it made me remember him. I think it is about a young girl (possibly the lead singers sister?) growing up and the brother doesn't want her getting into the wrong crowd. also, in the lyrics "sister christian, there's so much in life. don't you give it up before your time is due. its true" maybe she had enough and was going to take her own life? I don't know. all I know is this song is great ^_^

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ubpphantom
03-28-2009

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was written and sung by the band's drummer, Kelly Keagy, for his sister. It was the band's biggest hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

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LordBanter
05-16-2009

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"Time has come", "Only one" - perhaps she is the last girl in the neighborhood left without a life partner. Hence she is a bit lost between her dreams and desires. And because of her stubbornness and maybe age as well, boys are avoiding her.

"Motoring" - for me it means she's driven by something. Driven like determined victim looking for justice, or addicted person in need of a drug. And she is paying an extremely high price for allowing herself to be driven by illusion, and that price is her youth, her life. She's driven by her fantasy about Mr Right. But it's just a mere illusion and the singer is trying to help her get real by saying - you'll be all right with some 'average' guy. "Tonight" means now, not in some distant future.

The force of illusion, of fantasy about vague Mr. Right is so strong, that she is missing plenty of opportunities in her life, and that is starting to worry her mother.

She is still young enough to get happy, fulfilled life, but lives a life of resignation almost like an old woman, whose time is due.

The singer is trying to help her see the reality and abandon treacherous illusions. The dreams she pursue are reality in front of her. She just needs to open her eyes. And heart.

"Christian" - for me it is quite personal, as I saw many religious or rather overly pious religious devoted girls living that illusionary way, missing opportunities. And perhaps "Sister Christian" is slowly taking a life-path of a spinster...

Although she is told how dangerous her lifestyle is, she doesn't care and still engages in such a illusionary way of living.

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bjd841
06-14-2009

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Maybe she just wants the hell out of the house. She is reaching puberty and he is giving her advice and perhaps he is asking her how far is she willing to go to get out? And in a big brotherly way, maybe he is saying it is not worth it to give in to the first fellow to come along no matter how much she wants to break away. He is telling her that her mother is worried about her. And I think when he sings "motoring" it means she is revving up her engines (figuratively), trying to speed up life. And he is telling her there is a big price to pay for that kind of fast living.

Just a thought.

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