Cascadia Quake

Daddy wouldn’t leave me alone Mama refused to throw me a bone Smoke rises from Tahoma’s cinder cone Feel the grind of the subduction zone Cascadia quake, every 400 years Remember Spirit Lake when St. Helen disappeared Cascadia quake, baby the Big One is here Cascadia quake, lowlanders tremble with fear I’m trying to put together my emergency kit Apathetic family doesn’t give a shit What are we going to do when the gas main breaks? If we don’t know what to do, it cannot be faked Cascadia quake, every 400 years Remember Spirit Lake when St. Helen disappeared Cascadia quake, baby the Big One is here Cascadia quake, lowlanders tremble with fear Emergency preparedness, not just for boy scouts I’ve got extra water stored in my house What you going to do when the tide rolls through? Sit and take selfies while getting swept to your doom? Cascadia quake, every 400 years Remember Spirit Lake when St. Helen disappeared Cascadia quake, baby the Big One is here Cascadia quake, lowlanders tremble with fear Heading for the hills, abandoning cars Now the mud river runs, boulder-filled lahars We better look up or we won’t get far If we get to high ground thank your lucky stars Cascadia quake, every 400 years Remember Spirit Lake when St. Helen disappeared Cascadia quake, baby the Big One is here Cascadia quake, lowlanders tremble with fear Door frames break and windows burst But we have not yet seen the worst The ground splits at the seams, rifts open the Earth Gaia is awake and giving birth If we live through this, we will say we’re cursed Cascadia quake, every 400 years Remember Spirit Lake when St. Helen disappeared Cascadia quake, baby the Big One is here Cascadia quake, lowlanders tremble with fear