Footprints on the sandRipples on the riverWispy drifting cloudsThat blow across the desert skyOne day we are hereAnd the next we vanishVanish in the blinkOf an ibis' eyeWe vanish in the blinkOf an ibis' eyeIt’s not that I want gloryOr the world to know my nameBut maybe just to leave thingsA little changed from when I cameBut it’s not my lotUse what you’ve gotAnd all I am isFootprints on the sandRipples on the riverEchoes of a soundFrom a distant fading chimeOne day we are hereNext I know we vanishBut I’m a foolAnd so I like to fool myselfThat I’mNot just footprints on the sandBut someone who’ll leave footprintsOn the sands of time