I hold no copyrights over this material. I understand that the 'Sand In Your Shoes' copyrights are completely owned by RCA and Janus. This song is from Al's seventh album 'Year of the Cat' which was produced by Alan Parsons in 1976. A brilliant album, a fantastic musician.

Lyrics:
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
W ith 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
T hat you said you'd send me
So it's goodbye to my lady of the islands

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