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Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn has only performed this song once, at Robyn & Emma's house, on November 05, 2025.

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From Robyn on Patreon in 2026
Here’s another outtake from my upcoming album, release date TBA. Written mostly in a back garden guesthouse in Los Angeles last summer, I think I was trying to channel Arthur Lee, but it turned out more Beatles-orientated. Either way, it’s a love song, pun intended.

It features my core Nashville band of Jeremy Fetzer on guitar, Todd Bolden on bass, and Eric Slick on drums.

Footprints in sand get washed away, unless they’re lucky enough to be fossilised. Footprints in cement last awhile, though you don’t want to get too encased in cement. Footprints in time are how we follow each other from one life to the next. Well, I’d like to think so…


When played in November 2025 the melody is the same as the Patreon release, but the lyrics are different.

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<b>2025 live performance lyrics</b>

Here, we are
Here, we are
For a moment
Glowing like a star
For a moment

Here, we stand
Here we always stand
Together
'Till you let go of my hand
Forever

Underneath the tree
Underneath the sea
I love you
I could never be above you

Leaving your footprints
Leaving your footprints
Leaving your footprints
In time
In time
In time
In time