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When The Big One Hits

from We Are All Born Lucky by Jay Spears

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About our fab yet shaky Southern California lifestyle.

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WHEN THE BIG ONE HITS © 2008 Jay Spears Music ASCAP

Remember before back in 1994
When a fella name of Northridge came a-knockin' on the door
And the walls and the windows and the ceiling and the floor?
Well when the big one hits we'll get ten times more!

When the big one hits,
When the big one hits,
Forget about fixin' up them earthquake kits,
We're all gonna bite the big one when the big one hits.

Now the San Andreas fault runs up the coast of California,
And every seismologist'll do his best to warn ya
We're overdue it's deja-vu so get a clue & beat it.
Cuz Disneyland and Malibu and Watts are gonna eat it

When the big one hits,
When the big one hits,
Forget about fixin' up them earthquake kits
We're all gonna bite the big one when the big one hits.

Golden Gate topples into San Francisco Bay,
Tsunami takes out Venice and Marina Del Rey.
Pismo Beach is toast, Fresno's on the coast!
All these histrionics over plate tectonics.

Instrumental

When the big one hits,
When the big one hits,
The ground is gonna shake so hard you're gonna do the splits.
You can kiss yer keister bye-bye when the big one hits.

Now up Seattle way they got a plate called Juan de Fuca.
When it goes, Mt. Ranier blows up like a bazooka.
All them hippies sittin sippin' on their java;
The next thing ya know they're under fifty feet of lava

When the big one hits (abba-lula momma)
When the big one hits (geologic drama)
I don't know what to tell ya but it's gonna be the shits;
We'll all go see baby Jesus when the big one hits.

When the big one hits (holy crap!)
When the big one hits (re-arrange the map!)
Forget about fixin' up them earthquake kits
We're all gonna bite the big one when the big one hits.

credits

from We Are All Born Lucky, released May 21, 2013
Lead guitars: Phil Gough
Drums: Doug Smith
Words & music, guitars, bass, vocals: Jay Spears

Recorded by J.D. Salbego at JetStream Sound, Burbank, CA

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Jay Spears Los Angeles, California

Native L.A. singer-songwriter Jay Spears' debut CD "BOY HOWDY" features humorous, boy-meets-boy pop tunes with titles like I LIKE MIKE and CRYIN' OVER BRIAN.
Jay's sophomore CD "PLAYIN ON MY TEAM" includes the full-choir gospel rocker, SMAK DEM CHRISTIANS DOWN, the video for which has over 80,000 views on youtube.
Now here comes his third CD: We Are All Born Lucky. ... more

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