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Thread #23924   Message #268767
Posted By: Jacob B
31-Jul-00 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: California Earthquake
Subject: Lyr Add: CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE (John Hartford)
The album is Gentle On My Mind, by John Hartford. The lyrics to all of the songs on the album were printed on the back of the album, with the exception of California Earthquake, which was the first song on the album.

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
by John Hartford

Well, they tell me they've exploded the underground blast
And what's about to happen's gonna happen at last

Chorus:
That's the way it appears
And they tell me the fault line runs right through here
If that may be, then that may be
What's gonna happen's gonna happen to me
That's the way it appears
And they tell me the fault line runs right through here

Mother Nature's got gas, her diet's gone stale
See here acid indigestion on the Richter scale

Atlantis will rise, Sunset Boulevard will fall
Where the beach used to be won't be nothing at all


I believe that was all of the verses.

And as long as we're mentioning that album, don't forget the song "I Would Not Be Here". Five minutes of mind-bending free verse about cause and effect, set to music.

Jacob