Sand In Your Shoes - Al Stewart

YOu always were a city kid though you were country raised

And back in some forgotten time we shared the cold north days

But the simple life was not your style, and you just had to escape

So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.

On Remembrance Day the bands all played, the bells pealed through the park

And you lay there by the «Do Not"signs, and shamed them with your spark

Now winter moans in old men’s bones as the day falls into dark

So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.

It was just like this behind the kisses you so soon swept away

I always knew that some day yo’d be bound to just get pulled away…

The summer sun beats on and on, the shops swim in the heat

And you’re standing by the traffic signs with taxis at your feet

I know that in your city skin you’re feeling more complete

So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.

No I never got the letters that you said you’d send me So it’s goodbye to my lady of the islands.