Love letters in the sandpat boone words by nick and charles kenny and music by j. fred coots-the # 11 song in the 1955-1959 rock era-was # 1 for 7 weeks in 1957-was also a # 6 hit in 1931 for ted blackon a day like todaywe passed the time awaywriting love letters in the sandhow you laughed when i criedeach time i saw the tidetake our love letters from the sandchorusyou made a vow that you would ever be truebut somehow that vow meant nothing to younow my broken heart acheswith every wave that breaksover love letters in the sand<whistling-chorus>now my broken heart acheswith every wave that breaksover love letters in the sand