Ms. Clavel
Ms. Clavel doesn't live there anymore
In that house, you know the one
With the wrought iron door
They tore down the ivy
Repainted the walls
No more to hear little girls' padded footsteps down the halls
That's all there is, there isn't anymore
The Spanish ambassador's son is on his own again
With no one to teach him the good
Reform the bad hat within
In place of the home that dear Madeline bewitched
A multimillion-dollar house for the idle rich
That's all there is, there isn't anymore
We're running fast
On streets with cracks in 'em
We're running faster
To fill them in with plaster
We're running so fast
We turn a blind eye to the fate of our path
We're running fast
Faster and faster and faster
And faster and faster and faster and faster and faster
Towards disaster
Something's not right
Something's quite wrong
When we destroy the greenery to appease the throngs
And all that is left is a plaster-cast bone
That just isn't strong enough to call a home
That's all there is, there isn't anymore
Ms. Clavel doesn't live there anymore
In that house, you know the one
With the wrought iron door
They tore down the ivy
Repainted the walls
No more to hear little girls' padded footsteps down the halls
That's all there is, there isn't anymore
The Spanish ambassador's son is on his own again
With no one to teach him the good
Reform the bad hat within
In place of the home that dear Madeline bewitched
A multimillion-dollar house for the idle rich
That's all there is, there isn't anymore
We're running fast
On streets with cracks in 'em
We're running faster
To fill them in with plaster
We're running so fast
We turn a blind eye to the fate of our path
We're running fast
Faster and faster and faster
And faster and faster and faster and faster and faster
Towards disaster
Something's not right
Something's quite wrong
When we destroy the greenery to appease the throngs
And all that is left is a plaster-cast bone
That just isn't strong enough to call a home
That's all there is, there isn't anymore
Ms. Clavel doesn't live there anymore
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Writer(s): Katherine Elizabeth Paterson
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