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 its 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
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
Now 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 youd send to me

So its goodbye to my lady of the islands.