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Robert Lee: Music

Sandpiper

(Robert Lee)
Copyright 1982 Robert Lee Shearer
You never cared too much for winter
So you headed southward in the fall
And no matter how I tried to hold you
You spread your wings and quickly you were gone

And on the eve of your departure
You lay down beside me until dawn
And we made love til early in the morning
But when I woke I found that you were gone.

Sand Piper, Sand Piper, Sand Piper you’re gone

Winter’s cold and lonely here without you
With no one left to soothe me by the fire
But I know that summer days are closing
And you’ll still be the heart of my desire

Sand Piper, Sand Piper, Sand Piper you’re gone

A chill is setting in across the shoreline
As winter winds come screaming cross the sand
They’ve come so many times since last I saw you
Sand Piper my demise is close at hand

Sand Piper, Sand Piper, Sand Piper you’re gone
Sand Piper, Sand Piper, Sand Piper you’re gone