Key: G
Introduction:
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There was a California earthquake in the year of '83
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It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat
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There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away
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Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea
Sherman Buck was driving his old mule into town
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California earthquake you just don't know what you've done
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We may fall off in the ocean, Lord you'll never make us run
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You're a partner of the devil, Lord we ain't afraid of him
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We'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again
Then came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek