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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Margo Price
Margo Price
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Margo Guryan
Margo Guryan
Composer
Margo Price
Margo Price
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jessica Thompson
Jessica Thompson
Mastering Engineer
Dillon Napier
Dillon Napier
Producer
Phillip Smith
Phillip Smith
Recording Engineer
Beau Bedford
Beau Bedford
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Melon-rising, California sun
Drifting in a day not yet begun
Six o'clock, so peaceful and serene
Floating in a Technicolor scene
[Verse 2]
Something nearly peaceful in the sound
Rising from the San Andreas ground
Overground, it starts to feel strange
Underground, it starts to rearrange
[PreChorus]
You'd better get up
And run for a doorway
[Chorus]
No time for thinking
Your life is at stake
Everyone's doing the California Shake
California Shake
[Verse 3]
Non-believing, everybody waits
Shifting on the continental plates
Thunder down below the ocean floor
Damned impartial sub-terrestrial war
[Verse 4]
Wondering if you're going to survive
God, it feels like eight point four or five
Fifteen seconds holding your breath
Living through a microscopic death
[PreChorus]
You'd better hold on
The worst isn't over
[Chorus]
No time for thinking
Your life is at stake
Everyone's doing the California Shake
California Shake
[Outro]
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Written by: Margo Guryan

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