The Grateful Dead - California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On) lyrics
[The Grateful Dead - California Earthquake Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On lyrics]
There was a California earthquake
In the year of '83
It shook the living daylights out
Of the Owens County Seat
Not a building was still standing when
The dust had cleared away
And there was a rumble in the distance
All the way to San Andrea
Sherman Buck was driving his
Old mule into town
When a big one came and shook so hard
That it knocked him to the ground
Lord there opened up a hole so big
He thought his time was up
And it swallowed up that poor old mule
And it just missed Sherman Buck
California earthquake you just don't
Know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean
But you'll never make us run
You're a partner to the devil
But we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
Then came the quake of '99
That levelled Mission Creek
The earth was like an ocean churning
With waves of twenty feet
Lord it sounded like a thousand
Trains were screaming underground
All the way to San Joachim
They heard that mournful sound
California earthquake you just don't
Know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean
But you'll never make us run
You're a partner to the devil
But we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
Then came one day the holocaust
On San Franciso Bay
Miles of walls came down like
Old Jericho that day
Might near everything the earthquake missed
A holy fire consumed
And left 'em smoke and the ashes of
The dreams that can't be ruined
California earthquake you just don't
Know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean
But you'll never make us run
You're a partner to the devil
But we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
Build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
In the year of '83
It shook the living daylights out
Of the Owens County Seat
Not a building was still standing when
The dust had cleared away
And there was a rumble in the distance
All the way to San Andrea
Sherman Buck was driving his
Old mule into town
When a big one came and shook so hard
That it knocked him to the ground
Lord there opened up a hole so big
He thought his time was up
And it swallowed up that poor old mule
And it just missed Sherman Buck
California earthquake you just don't
Know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean
But you'll never make us run
You're a partner to the devil
But we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
Then came the quake of '99
That levelled Mission Creek
The earth was like an ocean churning
With waves of twenty feet
Lord it sounded like a thousand
Trains were screaming underground
All the way to San Joachim
They heard that mournful sound
California earthquake you just don't
Know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean
But you'll never make us run
You're a partner to the devil
But we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
Then came one day the holocaust
On San Franciso Bay
Miles of walls came down like
Old Jericho that day
Might near everything the earthquake missed
A holy fire consumed
And left 'em smoke and the ashes of
The dreams that can't be ruined
California earthquake you just don't
Know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean
But you'll never make us run
You're a partner to the devil
But we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again
Build ourselves another town so you
Can tear it down again