Sand In Your Shoes Lyrics - 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