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Composer: Mickey Newbury

Mickey Newbury - Earthquake lyrics



On his mountain there sits a long,
Gray-bearded, ancient hermit.
Sadly starin' at the caption,
In the San Mateo Times.
It reads, "Today the prophets,
All agree that California
Is to be swallowed in,
The twinkling of an eye."

He goes thumbin' through his growin',
Stack of half-unfinished rhymes.
Till he finds the one he once submitted,
To the New York Times.
They just laughed at him and said,
"You senile, wino, drunk, old fool,
Get outta here,
You must have lost your mind."

So he went back to his mountain,
Where he began to pray.
He prayed for those in ingrorance,
Who would treat a man that way.
For the truth will fall like his mountain, Lawd,
On all that have grown deaf.
The day the world is swollowed up,
In California's net.

[Vocal stylings to end.]
Songs list of album: Live at Montezuma Hall (1973)
         Title Rating
01    How I Love Them Old Songs lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Heaven Help the Child lyrics  
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03   Earthquake lyrics   -
04    Cortelia Clark lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    I Came to Hear the Music lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   San Francisco Mabel Joy lyrics   -
07    Bugger Red Rap lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Bugger Red Blues (The Truck Song) lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    How Many Times (Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song) lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   An American Trilogy lyrics   -
11    Please Send Me Someone to Love lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Write a Song a Song lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    Angeline lyrics Add lyrics   -
15    She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye lyrics Add lyrics   -
16    I Don't Think About Her No More lyrics Add lyrics   -
17    T. Total Tommy lyrics Add lyrics   -
18    133rd of August lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    When the Baby in My Lady Gets the Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
20   San Francisco Mabel Joy lyrics   -
21    Looks Like Baby's Gone lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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