al stewart - sand in your shoes

Not an edit. A song from the album "Year Of The Cat", an album that is abundantly available in second hand shops, which I don't understand... why would one put away such a great album? I found this beauty while browsing my seventy thousand files of music... more to come !

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

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 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
well 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

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