Sand In Your Shoes

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

And it's goodbye to my lady of the islands

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

Oh, I always knew that some day you'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

Oh, 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 to me

So it's goodbye to my lady of the islands