Gillian Welch - Ruination Day, Part II

And the great barge sank
And the Okies fled
And the great emancipater
Took a bullet in the head.

In the head
Took a bullet in the back of the head.

It was not December.
Was not in May.
Was the 14th of April.
That is ruination day.

That's the day...
The day that is ruination day.

They were one, they were two
They 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
Well, they must have known
That God moves on the water Casey Jones.

Casey Jones
God moves on the water Casey Jones...

Written by:
David Todd Rawlings, Gillian Howard Welch

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