There Goes Mavis Lyrics - Richard Shindell

The beach at Newcomb Hollow 

The last days of August 

The other side of low tide 

The sun is high, the sun is high 

We re kneeling in the wet sand 

Stopping up a wall breach 

Quick, before the next wave 

Rushes in, rushes in 

The mote around the castle 

Is filling up with water 

But hope springs eternal 

All hands ready here it comes 

Behind us in the crowd 

Some kind of commotion 

A little girl is shouting 

Fly away! Fly away! 

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But we pay no attention 

The castle is in danger 

The ramparts are sinking 

We dig on, we dig on 

Then out of the blue 

There s an orange canary 

On our driftwood flagpole 

Shovels down Boys! step away 

The little girl comes running 

She can t be more than seven 

Her mother is behind her 

With a cage, with a cage 

And her mother is explaining 

Baby, it s just too far 

And she ll never survive here 

On her own, on her own 

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But the little girl s not listening 

She s talking to the bird 

Mavis you can trust me 

Now s your big chance 

Fly away! 

If Mavis has been listening 

She isn t letting on 

We re all just waiting 

No one moves, no one moves 

And then comes the wave 

Swamping the castle 

No one is watching 

When it falls, when it falls 

We re following the progress 

Of a little bolt of orange 

On the long horizon 

There goes Mavis 

There goes Mavis