Escrita por Al Stewart, foi gravada em janeiro de 1976. Foi produzida por Alan Parsons e lançada em julho de 1976, no disco Year of the cat, o sétimo disco da carreira de Al Stewart. Al cantou, tocou guitarra e teclado. Tim Renwick tocou guitarra. Peter Wood tocou teclado. Don Lobster tocou teclado. George Ford tocou baixo. Stuart Elliott tocou bateria e percussão. Bobby Bruce tocou violino. Marion Driscoll tocou triangulo. Phil Kenzie tocou sax alto. David Pack, John Perry, Tony Rivers e Stuart Calver fizeram backing vocals. Graham Smith tocou gaita.
A letra:
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
So it's goodbye to my
lady of the islands
It was just like this behind the kisses
you so soon swept away
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
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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