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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: Nights When I Am Sane (1994)
         Title Rating
01   Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) lyrics   -
02   The Thirty-Third of August lyrics   -
03   East Kentucky lyrics   -
04   Nights When I Am Sane lyrics  
5.00
05   Heaven Help the Child lyrics  
5.00
06   Genevieve lyrics   -
07   Easy Street lyrics   -
08   Apples Dipped in Candy lyrics   -
09   You're My Lady Now lyrics  
5.00
10   San Francisco Mabel Joy lyrics   -
11   Earthquake lyrics   -
12   Saint Cecilia lyrics  
5.00
13   Four Ladies lyrics   -
14   What Will I Do lyrics  
5.00
 

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