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Natural Disaster

from Hello Cruel World by Gretchen Peters

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Written by: Gretchen Peters

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Weatherman says there's gonna be sun
Surely to God I'm not the only one
Who'd trade this day for a hurricane
Blow 500 miles across a landlocked state

Earthquake shook the California ground
Took a freeway out and some buildings down
Well I've never felt the earth move under my heels
But I got a pretty good idea just how it feels

I got pictures hangin' on the walls
A history that haunts these halls
Of you and me, before and after
A natural disaster

We tore through each other like an avalanche
You and me baby we were bound to crash
The higher we flew the harder we fell
From the hem of heaven, to the gates of hell

Like a landslide baby on a suicide run
No thought to the damage done
Headed straight downhill, faster and faster
A natural disaster

They say it was a miracle no one died
Just two people hurt and some wounded pride
Love takes everything in its path
And leaves you breathless in the aftermath

And there's a hole where your heart once stood
You know it won't kill you but you wish it would
Cause you don't want to face the morning after
Your natural disaster

Weatherman says no chance of rain
But I'm still waiting' for that hurricane

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from Hello Cruel World, track released January 31, 2012
©2011 Circus Girl Music, administered by Carnival Music (ASCAP)

Gretchen Peters, Kim Richey- Background Vocals
John Gardner- Drums, Bodhran, Shaker
Viktor Krauss- Upright Bass
Barry Walsh- Piano, A100 Organ
Doug Lancio- Baritone Guitar
Will Kimbrough- Electric Guitar, Resonator Guitar

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Gretchen Peters Nashville, Tennessee

For two decades, Gretchen Peters has been one of Nashville's most beloved and respected artists. A 2014 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Peters has accumulated accolades as both songwriter and artist. Her latest album, The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury (May 2020), is a loving tribute to another Hall of Fame songwriter. ... more

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