<P> The song is about Keagy's little sister, Christy . Keagy wrote the song at his apartment, near Divisadero and California streets in San Francisco, after he had just returned from a visit to his hometown of Eugene, Oregon . He had been struck at how fast his teenaged sister, 10 years younger than he was, was growing up . </P> <P> "After we started playing it a lot, Jack turned to me and said,' What exactly are you saying?"' Keagy recalled . "He thought the words were Sister Christian, instead of Sister Christy, so it just stuck ." </P> <P> The lyric, "You're motoring . What's your price for flight? In finding Mr. Right?" is the subject of much debate . The band stated in a VH - 1 Behind the Music interview that the term "motoring" was synonymous with the term "cruising ." </P> <P> On the single version, part of the second chorus is omitted . More specifically, the words "You've got him in your sight . And driving through the night," are omitted from the single version . The third chorus is repeated once on the album version, but not on the single . </P>

What does motoring mean in the song sister christian