st. francis dam disaster

Singer: frank black

there was a well known water master man

he was the king

he could do anything

the st. francis dam disaster

man

thought she was all right

until around midnight

because that water seeks her own

she had a desire to flow

she was looking for somewhere to go

she was a slave to the great metropolis

she was feeling choked

she pushed the wall till it broke

when they heard the great apocalypse

at powerhouse number 2

well

there was nothing they could do

because that water seeks her own

five and one half hours she would flow

she had 53 miles to go

a cascade down to santa clara way

near 60 feet high

now she's a mile wide

it was clear she was going far away

and whole towns were

too

a few got lucky in piru

because that water seeks her own

but four more hours she would flow

she had 29 miles more to go

she carried in her every kind of thing

house

tree

and telegraph pole

some say a thousand souls

at 3 a.m. she gave santa paula a ring

she was still 25 feet high

under a peaceful sky

because that water seeks her own

but two more hours she would flow

she had 19 miles more to go

it was a real bad night in little saticoy

el rio

then montalvo

how many

no one really knows

ventura beach was very scary

boy

humanity a-pile

she went a final mile

because that water seeks her own

into the sea water flowed

now forever she would go