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WHEN THE BIG ONE HIT

Fourteen cons lined up for cigarettes
Wearing clothes issued by the Government
For something they did
Then the Big One Hit

Two old men in an old pink truck
Talk about the past, sipping Cold Duck
On the very first sip
Then the Big One Hit

It was one of those moments frozen in time
I'll remember it clearly till the day I die
I didn't want to laugh
I didn't want to cry
You know

There were sixteen people stranded in a bank
Six of them screamed and the rest went blank
That's what they did
When the Big One Hit

Twenty-six children, two old nuns
Were down inside the tunnel where the Muni runs
At least it did
When the Big One Hit

Six young players shooting some hoop
They never seen the world go loop the loop
But then it did
When the Big One Hit
And in split second it all got strange
Weighs on my memory like a ball and chain
It all went wrong
Nothing was the same
You know

There were four bad actors living in a flat
Swearing to each other that they're never going back
But then they did
When the Big One Hit

There were thirteen tourists taking in the sites
Six went left, five went right
Two of them hid
When the Big One Hit

Three young waiters one old cook
Couldn’t believe when the restaurant shook
But it sure did
When the Big One Hit

I remember that rumble clear as bell
Welcome my friend to the gates of hell
A man only has one soul to sell
You know

There were six sick junkies on Sycamore Street
When the floor started beneath their feet
They were jamming that shit
When the Big One Hit