The Waves Of Islay ©

I saw the blue of Islay's skies
Reflected in your island eyes
And in the blonde that tumbled down
The waves of Islay broke around
A girl who came to Glasgow
In the winter long ago

I'd been watching the horizon
From inside the Three in One
As snow lay white on Kelvin Grove
As glasses clashed and liquor flowed
And fate would have us meeting when
All my wits were missing then

Chorus:
The waves of Islay's windswept shores
The ghosts that wander Woodlands Road
Remember two kids in the snow
In Glasgow long ago

The foaming surge of Islay's waves
Broke upon me as we strayed
Through virgin flakes on Eldon Street
Down past the bustling Doublet
To the lilt of far Bowmore
To the sands of Islay's shores

Your Island heart had slayed me
But when you went home across the sea
I folded up the lines you sent
Forgot the tender words you penned
Now snow brings you and Glasgow
And that winter long ago

Chorus:
The waves of Islay's windswept shores
The ghosts that wander Woodlands Road
Remember two kids in the snow
In Glasgow long ago