Key: E
Introduction:
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There was a well known water master man
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He was the king
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He could do anything
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The St. Francis dam disaster, man
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Thought she was all right
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Until around midnight
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Because that water seeks her own
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She had a desire to flow
She was looking for somewhere to go
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She was a slave to the great metropolis
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She was feeling choked
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She pushed the wall till it broke
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When they heard the great apocalypse
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At powerhouse number 2
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Well, there was nothing they could do
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Because that water seeks her own
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Five and one half hours she would flow
She had 53 miles to go
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A cascade down to Santa Clara way
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Near 60 feet high
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Now she's a mile wide
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It was clear she was going far away
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And whole towns were, too
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A few got lucky in Piru
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Because that water seeks her own
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But four more hours she would flow
She had 29 miles more to go
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She carried in her every kind of thing
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House, tree, and telegraph pole
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Some say a thousand souls
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At 3 A.M. she gave Santa Paula a ring
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She was still 25 feet high
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Under a peaceful sky
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Because that water seeks her own
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But two more hours she would flow
She had 19 miles more to go
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It was a real bad night in little Saticoy
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El Rio, then Montalvo
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How many, no one really knows
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Ventura Beach was very scary, boy
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Humanity a-pile
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She went a final mile
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Because that water seeks her own
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Into the sea the water flowed
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Now forever she would go
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Outro