Sand in My Shoes

I guess I was born with a hole in my shoe
And I'm still searching for leather and glue
Been all the way from Sibiria down to Peru
Yet under the sun I found nothing new

I've been on the inside for so long
I don't remember why the outside was wrong
I'm walking by the shore just looking for clues
My feet so heavy 'cause there's sand in my shoes

I can no longer jump and run like I did
Surely not without feeling silly and stupid
Keep wondering where the strength that I had has gone
Now resembling the careless Ethiopian

I've been on the inside for so long
I don't remember why the outside was wrong
I'm walking by the shore just looking for clues
My feet so heavy 'cause there's sand in my shoes

Watching the birds return year after year
Only to stay a while and then disappear
They don't consider why they carry on
And each day brings them another new song
A song so simple and still I ask how
For me it's as hard as pulling a plough
My motives weaken the harder I try
While flying birds don't need no alibi

I've been on the inside for so long
I don't remember why the outside was wrong
I'm walking by the shore just looking for clues
My feet so heavy 'cause there's sand in my shoes

I need somebody just to stand by my side
To show me there's no need to run and hide
We'll be there for each other when times get hard
And not taking a mile when given a yard

There is sand in my shoes
Feet are oh so heavy 'cause
There is sand in my shoes
Feet are oh so heavy

One grain for all the solutions nobody can find
And one for the limits that I set on my mind
One grain for all the mistakes that I have made
And one for the thoughts that my conscience forbade

I've been on the inside for so long
I don't remember why the outside was wrong
Said that I'm a walking by the shore just looking for clues
My feet so heavy 'cause there's sand in my shoes