The Sand and the Sea

-Artist: Nat King Cole
-peak Billboard position # 23 in 1955
-Words and Music by Hal Hester and Barry Parker


If I find peace of mind in the sand and the sea
There's a hope in my heart that you'll soon be with me
There's a prayer that I share with the sand and the sea
And it cries "Come to me, come to me."

As my eyes search the skies from the edge of the shore
You are here in my arms for a moment or more
Then a tear rushes down to the sand and the sea
And it cries "Come to me, come to me."

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time I'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time I'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me


Transcribed by Robin Hood

In transcribing the above, it was NOT my intent to simply copy lyrics as they 
appear in sheet music.  Rather, my point was to merely the report a song _as it 
was sung_ by the cited artist.  So please do not tell me "You're wrong" and hold 
out sheet music as proof.  In my experience, few songs are EVER sung exactly as 
the lyricist intended (to wit: Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" contains beaucoup 
curlicues that Weill and Brecht would have never dreamed of!!).  If differences 
exist between what I transcribed and what the sheet music says, blame the artist 
for taking poetic license, not me.