9.

Lubbock Tornado (I Don't Know)

Terry Allen

© Bukka Cain Music, ASCAP

Well it come in front the southwest in the middle of the night
Hey loomed over Lubbock what a gawd awmighty sight
Yeah it dipped down into the darkness all crazy out of control
Hey throwed around that panhandle town till it couldn't throw it around no more

Yeah some blamed secret government project some blamed it on the president
Some blamed wind from the wings of Jesus just flappin' round heaven sent
Yeah but I don't know (he don't know) but I don't know (he don't know)
They don't know huh huh
But when a high pressure zone hits a low
Somethin' gotta give yeah somethin' gotta go

And like a vampire over the broadway it showed no moral code
It'd take out a mighty church of gawd and leave a honky tonk by the road
And tiny creatures went flyin' right out of prairie dog town
Smack up against the great plains life little bones in the rain fallin' down

Yeah some blamed communist sabotage some blamed rednecks on the right
Some blamed teenage restlessness rock'n roll gone berserk in the night
Yeah but I don't know (it's a UFO) but I don't know (it's a UFO)
They don't know huh
But when a high pressure zone hits a low
Somethin' gotta give yeah somethin' gotta go

Well this hub-bub on the hub laid a city to its knees
Sweet memories beneath the rubble shattered glass and broken dreams
Yeah but if that wake of destruction this dazed and battered town
Pulled its ass up out of the debris and put its feet back up on the ground

Yeah some said it was the ghost of Buddy some said the ghost of Cain
Some said the soul of the prodigal son is just stumblin' back home again
Yeah but I don't know (it's a tornado) but I don't know (it's a tornado)
Maybe so huh
But when a high pressure zone
Hits a low some gotta give ah some gotta go

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