Jethro Tull - Summerday Sands lyrics

I once met a girl with the life in her hands

and we lay together on the summerday sands.

I gave her my raincoat and told her, ``Lady, be good!''

And we made truth together, where no one else would.

I smiled through her fingers and ran the dust through her hands ---

the hour-glass of reason on the summerday sands.

We sat as the sea caught fire.

Waited as the flames grew higher

in her eyes.

We watched the eagle born ---

wings clipped, tail feathers shorn

but we saw him rise ---

over summerday sands.

Came the ten o'clock curfew.

She said, ``I must start my car.

I'm staying with someone I met last night in a bar.''

I called from my wave top ---

``At least tell me your name!''

She smiled from her wheelspin

and said, ``It's all the same.''

I thought for a minute, jumped back on dry land ---

left one set of footprints on the summerday sands.

I once met a girl with the life in her hands

and we lied together on the summerday sands.