There was a California earthquake in the year of '83
It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat
There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away
Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea
Sherman Buck was driving his old mule into town
California earthquake you just don't know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean, Lord you'll never make us run
You're a partner of the devil, Lord 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