St Francis Dam Disaster

	  		
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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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