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Miami Mavis

from Too Late to Panic by John Lyle

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Miami Mavis (Garry MacPherson & John Lyle)

Her daddy was a driver, he drove her momma ‘round the bend
She left Mavis in a truck stop café for the waitresses to tend
When a waitress named Bertha picked her up and took her home
She set her on her knee and from the age of three
She let her play out on the road
And at the age of five, she knew how to drive

Chorus-
Miami Mavis, she sure knows how to drive
Did ya hear the news, she gets through with her load every time
Every time she’s on time, every time, every time
She gets through with her load every time

She wanted to be a trucker but they said, ‘You’re just a dame!
Man alive, you can’t drive, you must be insane!’
So she dressed up like a fella., stuffed her hair into her hat
She strode into the hall and said, ‘You all, give me a turn at bat.’
So they put her on the road ‘cause they never knowed

Repeat chorus

New York to Miami, high gear all the way
She did not eat, she did not sleep, she didn’t even stop to pray
When deep in Carolina, barreling through the snow
She hit a trucker stopped to fix a flat and left him lyin’ out in the road
It was her old man, but she never knowed

Miami Mavis, she sure knows how to drive
She killed her dad, now ain’t that sad. but at least she’s still alive
Still alive in overdrive, still alive, still alive
She killed her dad, now ain’t that sad, but at least she’s still alive

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from Too Late to Panic, released October 10, 2000
John Lyle- vocals, electric guitars, bass & percussion.

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John Lyle Sechelt, British Columbia

The lyrics for most of the songs appearing in these albums are available in book form: "The Kindest Lies: the Lyrics of John Lyle", published by Leaky Boot Press (June 28, 2013).

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