David Rawlings - April the 14th, Part I lyrics

When the iceberg hit, Oh they must of known God moves on the water Like Casey Jones. So I walked downtown On my telephone And took a lazy turn Through the red-eye zone It was a five band bill A two dollar show I saw the van out front From Idaho And a girl pa**ed out In the backseat trash There was no way they'd make Even a half a tank of gas. They looked sick and stoned And strangely dressed No one showed From the local press But I watched them walk Through the bottom land And I wished I played In a rock and roll band Hey, hey It was the 14th day of April Well they closed it down With the sail in rags And I swept up the f*gs And the local mags I threw the plastic cups In plastic bags And the cooks cleaned the kitchen With the staggers and the jags. Ruination day And the sky was red I went back to work And back to bed And the iceberg broke And the Okies fled And the Great Emancipator Took a bullet in the back of the head