~ The Lee Shore ~

The Lee Shore
by
David Crosby

Wheel gull spin and glide ... you've got no place to hide
'Cause you don't need one

All along the Lee shore
Shells lie scattered in the sand
Winking up like shining eyes, at me
From the sea

Here is one like sunrise
It's older than you know
It's still lying there where some careless wave
Forgot it long ago

When I awoke this morning
I dove beneath my floating home
Down below her graceful side in the turning tide
To watch the sea fish roam

There I heard a story
From the sailors of the Sandra Marie
There's another island a day's run away from here
And it's empty and free

From here to Venezuela
There's nothing more to see
Than a hundred thousand islands
flung like jewels upon the sea
For you and me

Sunset smells of dinner
Women are calling at me to end my tales
But perhaps I'll see you, the next quiet place
I furl my sails

...as it turns out, both of the diagrams posted yesterday were correct.

The issue in this case is one's point of reference.

If one is on a boat, and an island (or any piece of land) is to the lee of the boat, meaning the downwind side, then that shore is the lee shore.

If one is on an island, then the shore on the downwind side, the protected or leeward side, is the lee shore.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.