California Earthquake

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There was a California earthquake in the year of '83 It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea [Verse 2] Well, Sherman Buck was driving his old mule on into town When the big 'un came and shook so hard that it knocked him to the ground Lord, there opened up a hole so big, he just knew that his time was up And it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missеd Sherman Buck [Chorus] California earthquake, you just don't know what you'vе done We might fall off in the ocean, Lord, but you'll never make us run You're a partner to the devil, but we ain't afraid of him And we'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again [Verse 3] Then there came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek The earth was like an ocean churning waves of twenty feet Lord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming underground Clean across to San Joachim folks heard that mournful sound [Chorus] California earthquake you just don't know what you've done We might fall off in the ocean, but you'll never make us run You're a partner to the devil, we ain't afraid of him And we'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again [Verse 4] Then there came one day a holocaust, and it rocked the Frisco Bay Miles of walls came tumblin' down, like on Jericho that day Might near everything that the earthquake missed, a holy fire consumed And just left 'em the smoke and ashes of the dreams that they had ruined [Chorus] California earthquake you just don't know what you've done We might fall off in the ocean Lord, but you'll never make us run You're a partner to the devil but we ain't afraid of him And we'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again We'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again