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The Grateful Dead perform "California Earthquake" at the Philadelphia Spectrum on October 20, 1989 in response to the Earthquake that occurred in Loma Prieta, CA on October 17th.California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On) by Rodney CrowellThere was a California earthquake in the year of '83It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County SeatThere weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared awayJust a rumble in the distance all the way to San AndreaSherman Buck was driving his old mule into townWhen a big one came and shook so hard that it knocked him to the groundLord there opened up a hole so big he thought his time was upLord it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missed Sherman BuckCalifornia earthquake you just don't know what you've doneWe may fall off in the ocean Lord you'll never make us runYou're a partner of the devil Lord we ain't afraid of himWe'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down againThen came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission CreekThe earth was like an ocean churning with waves of twenty feetLord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming undergroundClean across to San Joachim they heard that mournful soundCalifornia earthquake you just don't know what you've done...Then came one day the holocaust on San Franciso BayMiles of walls came tumbling down like Jericho that dayMight near everything the earthquake missed a holy fire consumedJust left 'em smoke and the ashes of the dreams that can't be ruinedCalifornia earthquake you just don't know what you've done...Lord we'll build ourselves another town you can tear it down again