The Earthquake In Los Angeles Lyrics - Mythical Kings & Iguanas/reflections In A Mud Puddle - Dory Previn

the telephone rang 

my sister calling 

i got to run i said 

nonononono 

i just want 

to tell you 

to tell you 

dad is dead 

dad is dead? 

well when did it happen? 

six a.m. 

said she 

new york time 

or california? 

new york time 

i see 

the telephone rang 

the week of the earthquake 

death was still in the air 

at six o one 

the walls came down 

they never had a prayer 

dad is dead? 

well how is mother? 

good as she 

can be 

say i said 

when dad was goin' 

did he happen 

to ask 

for me? 

'member the way 

i used to time step 

lord it made him proud 

he told his friends 

(he never told me) 

that i stood above the crowd 

'member the way 

he played the jew's harp 

till he broke a tooth 

why'd he have 

to turn against me 

he loved me 

once 

in his youth 

but jesus 

i couldn't live his life 

make his fantasies real 

i couldn't be him 

i had to be me 

i couldn't make up 

for the deal 

the dirty deal 

he got in this world 

he got in 

a treacherous world 

where six a.m. 

suddenly breaks 

with senseless death 

and shocking quakes 

senseless death 

and shocking quakes...