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Ruination Day (Part 2) Lyrics
And the great barge sank and the Okies fled
And the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the head
In the head... took a bullet in the back of the head
It was not December and it was not in May
It was the 14th day of April, that is Ruination Day
That's the day, the day that is Ruination Day
They were one, they were two
There were three, they were four
They were five hundred miles from their home
From their home... they were five hundred miles from their home
When the iceberg hit, then they must have known
that God moves on the water, Casey Jones
Casey Jones... God moves on the water, Casey Jones
It was not December and it was not May
Was the 14th of April, that is ruination day
That's the day.. the day that is ruination day
And the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the head
In the head... took a bullet in the back of the head
It was the 14th day of April, that is Ruination Day
That's the day, the day that is Ruination Day
There were three, they were four
They were five hundred miles from their home
From their home... they were five hundred miles from their home
that God moves on the water, Casey Jones
Casey Jones... God moves on the water, Casey Jones
Was the 14th of April, that is ruination day
That's the day.. the day that is ruination day
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hagbardceline On Dec 13, 2005
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This song refers to 3 historical events that each occured on April 14 , or Ruination Day as she calls it. The assasination of Abraham Lincoln and the sinking of the Titanic occured on April 14. The okies fled line refers to the Dust Bowl migration in the '30s and specifically April 14, 1935, also known as Black Sunday when the worst dust storm of the era occured.
Also references the old songs "500 Miles" (a civil war ballad, I think, recorded by among others The Kingston Trio) and "Casey Jones", based on the true story of an engineer who crashed his own train but managed to save his passengers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones