Ian Anderson - 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-gla** 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