Devin McCutchen - Earthquake Blues

from 1989 by SK Chow

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lyrics

Mama ran in to get me some clothes
Mama ran in to get me some clothes
I don’t know if I’m ever going home
I don’t know if I’m ever going back again

Sitting in the tub when the earthquake hit
Sitting in the tub when the earthquake hit
I looked up into my mother’s eyes
And the only thing I saw was terrorized

The earth did shake
And the house didn’t break, oh no
The earth did shake
And the house didn’t break, oh no
We ran out and I didn’t have no coat
Three years old, all shook up,
Where do we go?

Papa was at the baseball game
Papa was at the baseball game
And he didn’t have any way to know
About the state of his family and his home
The man next to him had a radio to his ear
The man next to him had a radio to his ear
He said “Oh my God, Lord heavens no!”
Said “Oh my God and oh my Lord, oh did you hear?”
Said “The Bay Bridge it has all fall down”
He said “The goddamn Bay Bridge has all fall down!”
And my papa didn’t have no one around
He could ask if his family was safe and sound

We drove over to my grandparents’ house that night
We drove over to my grandparents’ house that night
There were thirty strangers in their garage
Shaken neighbors round the generator, a bare light

I laid in bed and stared at the dark sky
I laid in bed and stared at the dark October sky
Wondering why I hadn’t seen my dad
Laying with my mom and waiting for my dad
For my dad for my dad
For my dad for my dad

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from 1989, released October 1, 2013

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Pedal Tone Records Sacramento, California

An independent record label featuring new music from the Bay Area and Sacramento!

discography

Suite Egg Waffle

Jun 2017
40/64

Aug 2014
1989

Oct 2013
Andy Police Station

Jan 2013
Titanic

Apr 2012
Vladimir and the Curiosity Shoppe

Jul 2009
Playhouse Five

Mar 2014
Get Things Done

Aug 2012
Sunny Ash

Dec 2012
Sound Check

Dec 2012

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