Coastguard are you familiar? High tides are not peculiar And on the table is a yellow coat On the table is a yellow coat Mummy tries Bye, bye Mummy tries Bye, bye Think back what were you doing then Back turned and turned back again And on the table is your sorry face On the table is your sorry face Mummy tries Bye, bye Mummy tries Bye, bye Deep black and deep She takes the most Black deep and black She takes the most Deep black and deep She takes the most Black deep and black She takes the most Sit down it? s what you always do Talk loud, who are you talking to? And at the table is an empty place At the table is an empty place Mummy tries Bye, bye Mummy tries Mummy tries These are the pearls that were her eyes She? s flotsam carried on the tides Is she lost or did she hide On shifting rocks, on shifting rocks? She couldn? t swim, she couldn? t see The current pushing out the sea Down estuaries and tributaries on Benthic rocks She? s wrecked on Benthic rocks She? s been swept away She? s been swept away She? s been swept away She? s been swept away