Lightnin Hopkins California Landslide Lyrics

California Landslide Lyrics

Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this bottom, baby,

Little girl,
fore this water rise.

Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this
bottom,

Little girl, fore this water rise.

You know I musta been
born by the devil,

Po' Lightnin don't wanna be baptised.



See, it's rainin in ole California's the reason I said it,

The houses
slidin down off the hill.

Many, many many friends have lost their
home.

Just because the water was falling so hard,

And the mudslide
had taken their home.

And I said.



Lettin ya know how it's
happenin now.



Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this
bottom, baby,

Po' Lightnin can't feel satisfied.

Take me outta this
bottom, take me outta this bottom,

Po' Lightnin just can't feel
satisfied.

Just you know many friends of mine lost they home,

By
that old mudslide.



Don't take me to be wrong people,

Forgive
me for my mistake.

You know, please, please, please,

Forgive me for
my mistake.

Well, after all that flood come in California, do you
know,

The good Lord old ground begin to shake?

That's that
earthquake that was comin.



Have mercy.