Elvis Presley Blues Lyrics - Time - Gillian Welch

When the iceberg hit, 

Oh they must have known, 

God moves on the water 

Like Casey Jones. 

So I walked downtown 

On my telephone, 

And took a lazy turn 

Through the redeye zone. 

It was a five-band bill, 

A two-dollar show. 

I saw the van out in front 

From Idaho, 

And the girl passed out 

In the backseat trash. 

There were no way they'd make 

Even a half a tank of gas. 

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They looked sick and stoned 

And strangely dressed. 

No one showed 

From the local press. 

But I watched them walk 

Through the bottom land, 

And I wished that I played 

In a rock & roll band. 

Hey, hey, 

It was the fourteenth day of April. 

Well they closed it down, 

With the sails in rags. 

And I swept up the fags 

And the local mags. 

I threw the plastic cups 

In the plastic bags, 

And the cooks cleaned the kitchen 

With the staggers and the jags. 

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Ruination day, 

And the sky was red. 

I went back to work, 

And back to bed. 

And the iceberg broke, 

And the Okies fled, 

And the Great Emancipator 

Took a bullet in the back of the head