Sand In Your Shoes

Album: Year Of The Cat (1976)
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  • 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 Writer/s: ALISTAIR IAN STEWART
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Mavis from Upper Great LakesI love just about everything Al Stewart has done but this jaunty tune really blew me away. He deserves so much more acclaim!
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