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A SHARK
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first of September it's a
6-foot thresher shark |
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©
2007 Christine Lavin Music (ASCAP) administered by Bug
Music
(inspired
by the story in the New York Daily News
by Mike Jaccarino & Carrie Melago,
9.2.07)
Rockaway Beach, Queens
the
last weekend of the summer
one of
those idyllic scenes
When
all of a sudden
a fin
slices through the water
striking
fear in the hearts
of
every parent son and daughter
heading
for the shore
the
kind of scary animal
a
human can't ignore
The
movie "Jaws" flashes through
the
mind of every swimmer
those
spiky teeth! those beady eyes!
there
is no image grimmer
Just
think about that movie
and
the havoc that ensued
that
monster shark looked at us
as
tasty bits of food
And to
this day a shark
can
cause a panic -- people drown
but
this is New York City
we're
a different kind of town
That
6-foot shark
swims
straight up to the beach
when
he's stranded on the sand
the
little children screech
And
now he's surrounded
by a
tough New York crowd . . .
what
happens next is the kind of thing
that
makes New Yorkers proud
Do
they beat this scary shark?
do
they let him die?
do
they leave him for the seagulls
circling
in the sky?
Do
they run in horror? No . . .
rather
than flee
those
unflinching New Yorkers
push
the shark back out to sea
They
hold their breath because at first
he
barely moves his fins
someone
sighs, "ahhh, some ya lose
some
ya wins"
but
they watch him regain his strength
flip
his tail, disappear
then
those crazy, brave New Yorkers
give
that shark a rousing cheer
Maybe
it's professional courtesy
maybe
it's who we are
maybe
it's an incident
some
would call bizarre
But
even sharks in trouble
in New
York can find a friend
unlike
the shark in "Jaws"
this
shark tale has a happy end
Unlike
the shark in "Jaws"
this
shark tale has a happy end!
The
Band
Christine
Lavin: voice and guitar
Brian
Bauers: harmony vocals
Steve
Doyle: bass
Danny
Alvaro: accordion
Brian
Bauers, Steve Doyle, Jed Fort,
Maury
Nessen: tough NY crowd
Song
produced by Brian Bauers, NYC
