The Earthquake in Los Angeles (February, 1971)-Dory Previn

[ti:The Earthquake in Los Angeles (February, 1971)] [ar:Dory Previn] [al:Reflections In A Mud Puddle] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Earthquake in Los Angeles (February, 1971) - Dory Previn [00:00.48]The telephone rang [00:01.52] [00:02.14]My sister calling [00:03.16] [00:04.25]I got to run I said [00:05.75] [00:07.34]Nonononono [00:08.87]I just want [00:09.63]To tell you [00:10.90]To tell you [00:11.45]Dad is dead [00:12.29] [00:15.80]Dad is dead [00:16.78] [00:17.36]Well when did it happen [00:18.81] [00:19.46]Six a m [00:20.71]Said she [00:21.35] [00:22.64]New York time [00:23.68] [00:24.23]Or California [00:25.68] [00:26.37]New York time [00:27.67] [00:29.76]I see [00:30.36] [00:32.76]The telephone rang [00:34.27]The week of the earthquake [00:36.19]Death was still in the air [00:37.90] [00:39.43]At six o one [00:40.91]The walls came down [00:42.43] [00:43.18]They never had a prayer [00:44.93] [00:46.42]Dad is dead [00:47.56]Well how is mother [00:49.02] [00:49.94]Good as she [00:51.18]Can be [00:51.86] [00:53.02]Say I said [00:54.43]When dad was goin' [00:55.94] [00:56.67]Did he happen [00:57.71]To ask [00:58.22] [01:00.53]For me [01:00.95] [01:03.12]'Member the way [01:04.31]I used to time step [01:06.13] [01:06.70]Lord it made him proud [01:08.28] [01:09.58]He told his friends [01:11.24]He never told me [01:12.78]That I stood above the crowd [01:15.24] [01:16.31]'Member the way [01:17.66]He played the Jew's harp [01:19.39] [01:19.95]Till he broke a tooth [01:21.39] [01:23.58]Why'd he have [01:24.59]To turn against me [01:26.14] [01:26.82]He loved me [01:27.57]Once [01:28.49] [01:29.30]In his youth [01:30.22] [01:32.89]But Jesus [01:33.54]I couldn't live his life [01:35.59] [01:36.24]Make his fantasies real [01:38.28] [01:39.49]I couldn't be him [01:40.58] [01:41.11]I had to be me [01:42.24] [01:42.83]I couldn't make up [01:44.10]For the deal [01:44.99]The dirty deal [01:45.80]He got in this world [01:47.48]He got in [01:48.34]A treacherous world [01:49.65] [01:50.51]Where six a m [01:52.30]Suddenly breaks [01:54.28]With senseless death [01:55.84]And shocking quakes [01:56.95] [01:57.48]Senseless death [01:59.18]And shocking quakes