A Quake! A Quake!
"A Quake! A Quake!" is a song from the segment of the same name . The song was written about the 1994 Northridge earthquake that occured in Los Angeles, California on January 17 1994. The music was adapted by Randy Rogel from Robert Schumann 's piano composition "The Happy Farmer ," with the bridge taking the tune of "London Bridge Is Falling Down ."
The version that appears on the album "Yakko's World " is substantially different from the television version, with all references to California removed and the line division shifted to cut out Dr. Scratchansniff 's lines and make it closer to a solo number for Yakko.
Lyrics [ ]
Yakko :
This is the city: Los Angeles, California.
On a starlit winter's night,
When the moon was shining bright
Back in January of 1994,
At 4:30 in the morning,
And without a single warning,
Something strange began to move the floor...
A quake! a quake!
The house begins to shake!
You're bouncing 'cross the floor
And watching all your dishes break.
You're sleeping, there's a quake,
You're instantly awake
You're leaping out of bed and shouting...
Dr. Scratchansniff :
Oh, for heaven's sake!
Yakko :
I ran outside with neighbors,
Their faces filled with shock
That's because I'm standing there
In nothing but my socks!
Oh, a quake, a quake
Dot :
Say, it's all a big mistake!
Wakko :
Just feel the ground go up and down
Yakko :
Won't someone hit the brake?
A quake, a quake,
Oh, what a mess they make!
The bricks, the walls,
The chimney falls,
Destruction in its wake!
Dr. Scratchansniff :
I did not have insurance
So I called them from the scene
And suddenly I'm listening to
An answering machine, saying:
Yakko :
Too late! Too late!
You shouldn't ought-a wait!
So now you're stuck,
We wish you luck!
Here comes a 6.8!
Whose fault? Whose fault? The San Andreas' fault
Cause Mister Richter
Can't predict her
Kicking our asphalt!
Seismologists all say
Tectonic plates are in between
An encroaching crustal mantle
Wakko and Dot :
Yeah, so what the heck's that mean?
Yakko :
It means A Quake! A Quake!
Wakko and Dot :
Oh, really, yeah, no fake?
We kinda had that feeling
When the ground began to shake!
Yakko :
California's great!
It's such a lovely state!
Cause every lawn is sitting on
A continental plate!
Los Angeles had fires
And a riot and a flood
And then a drought and a recession
And then now we hear this thud
Of a quake, a quake!
The Warners :
How much more can we take?
Dot :
We thought that we had seen it all
Yakko:
But this one takes the cake!
The dirt,
Dot :
The rocks,
Wakko :
And all those aftershocks!
The Warners :
It's just the planet
Moving granite
Several city blocks!
LA town is falling down
While the ground moves around!
We won't let it get us down,
We're Californians!
Yakko :
A quake!
Dot :
A quake!
Wakko :
It's time to pull up stake
Yakko :
We're all fed up,
We can't deny it!
Dot :
Fires, quakes,
And floods, and riot!
The Warners :
We want someplace with peace and quiet...
So we're moving to Beirut!
Yakko :
It's a quiet, peaceful night
The moon is shining bright
Giving not a hint of what's in store
A few hours before morning
Without a single warning,
Something strange begins to move the floor...
A quake, a quake,
The house begins to shake
You're bouncing 'cross the floor
And watching all your dishes break.
You're sleeping, there's a quake
You're instantly awake
You're leaping out of bed
And shouting, "Oh, for heaven's sake!"
I ran outside with neighbors,
Their faces filled with shocks
That's because I'm standing there
In nothing but my socks!
Wakko and Dot :
Oops!
Yakko :
A quake, a quake!
This must be a mistake!
Just feel the ground go up and down!
Won't someone hit the brake?
A quake, a quake,
Oh, what a mess they make!
The bricks, the walls, the chimney falls,
Destruction in its wake!
I did not have insurance,
I called them from the scene
And suddenly I'm listening to
An answering machine
Saying, "Too late! Too late!
You shouldn't oughta wait!
So now you're stuck,
We wish you luck!
Here comes a six-point-eight!"
Whose fault? Whose fault?
Blame it on the fault,
Cause Mister Richter
Can't predict her
Kicking our asphalt!
Seismologists all say
Tectonic plates are in between
An encroaching crustal mantle.
Yeah, so what the heck's that mean?
It means a quake, a quake!
Wakko and Dot :
Oh, really, yeah, no fake?
We kinda had that feeling
When the ground began to shake!
Yakko :
And so, we wait,
Resign ourselves to fate,
Because our lawn
Is sitting on
A continental plate
We shivered through a blizzard,
Went swimming in a flood,
Then we blew off a hurricane,
And now we hear a thud
Of a quake, a quake!
How much more can we take?!
We thought that we had seen it all
But this one takes the cake!
The dirt, the rocks,
Those crazy aftershocks!
It's just the planet
Moving granite
Several city blocks!
The Warners :
Now the town is falling down
While the ground moves around!
We won't let it get us down,
Get beneath the doorframe!
Yakko :
A quake, a quake,
It's time to pull up stake
Dot :
"The worst is over!"
Yakko and Wakko :
We don't buy it!
We're fed up, we can't deny it!
We just want some peace and quiet!
The Warners :
So we're moving to Beirut !
Animaniacs (1993-1998)
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot
Animaniacs Theme Song • The Monkey Song • Yakko's World • Support the Scouts • The Acme Song • Yes, Brothers Warner We • I am the Evil Pirate Captain Mel • We Should Run and We Should Flee • I Am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual • Yakko's Universe • Come See Us • The Studio Shrink • The Etiquette Song • Flipper Parody • What Are We? • You Can't Catch Us • Piano Rag • The Warner's Lot Song • The Candyman's Swell • Llama Llama Llama • Let the Anvils Ring (Prologue) • Anvilania's National Anthem • Let the Anvils Ring • In Dear Old Anvilania • Musical Chairs • This Means War(ners) • My Old Anvilanian Home • War Report Finale • Frere Warner • The Hills are Quite Full • Three Little Maids • Falderal • Our First Day of School • Frizzy Cola • We'll Clean Your Flue for You • Writin' Hooey • Call Dr. Yakko • The Ending • Wakko's America • Lincoln's Introduction • Lanky and Cranky • Be Careful What You Eat • We Haven't Got a Clue • Camelot • Early in the Morning • You're in Hades Now • Whiny Protest Song from the 60s • Purgatory, Here We Come • O Silly Mio • Planets Song • You'll Never Laugh Alone • Nice and Chubby Baby • Animaniacs Stew • We've Been Mixing Up the Scripts • We Found This Old Computer • We're the Musketeers • The King's Lullaby • Sam 'N' Ella's • In the Mall • The Senses Song • Mary Tyler Dot Song • Video Revue • The Goodbye Song • Ravioli, Pepperoni • The Warner Waiter Two • We Were Sitting Here Before You • Lake Titicaca • Many Years Ago • Mean Old Man • Lots to See • Little Drummer Warners • Slippin' on the Ice • Branimaniacs • Old MacDonald Had a Farm • Camptown Races • Chopsticks • I'm Cute • The Crickets and the Froggies • Dot's Quiet Time • Schnitzelbank • On the Home Front We're Marching Along • Feelings • Baa Baa Black Sheep • John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt • Jimmy Crack Corn • Oh My Darling, Clementine • Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Slackmer) • London Bridge Is Falling Down • Pop Goes The Weasel • This Old Man • Baloney and Kids Theme • The Imagine Song • The Anvil Song • Baloney's Goodbye Song • Digg'd i' the Dark • Oh, Lady! • Introducing the Warners • Buddy's Song • Make a Gookie • Hurtin' Our Feet • Romp • The Hunk from Upumema • I'm Mad • Serendipity • Super Strong Warner Siblings • A Quake! A Quake! • Variety Speak • Twelve Days Of Christmas • U.N. Me • Running From Our Fans • They Want To Laugh • The Surprises in Life • All The Words in the English Language • The Presidents Song • Multiplication • Burbank • What Do You Do With Children Like Us Warners? • Poison Oak • When I Am Afraid • Grumpy Chicken • Eat All Your Oatmeal • The Cats of Phantom Boulevard • Dental Avenue • Take a Nap Instead • Snack Time • Dough, Some Cash • Don't Shout at Us, Mr. Webby • Hello Googi • Beware the Big Bad Wolf • Googily Goop • The Snugglers Theme • The Angry Song • Wakko's Two Note Song • Panama Canal • Hello Nurse • The Ballad of Magellan • At the Big Wrap Party Tonight • Cutie and the Beast • That's Dot • Be a Pest • Deck the Halls • Noel • Is Wakkoum a Warrior? • Just the Same Old Heroine • John Smith and Company • Ice Cream • Bars of Gold are Forever • When You're Traveling from Nantucket • You Can't Sing When I Sing • Obese Orson • Night Traveler • Bones in the Body • Macadamia Nut • We Won't Ever Leave • The Warner Bunch • Here Comes Attila • Magic Guys • We're On Our Way to Go See Mr. Plotz • You Gotta Do the Schmooze • There's Only One of You • Variety Speak (HFNH) • Jam-A-Lot • L.A. Dot • It's New Year's Eve • We're On Our Way to Go See Mr. Plotz (Version 2)
Pinky and the Brain
Pinky and the Brain Theme • I'm a Little Teapot • My Empty Hollow Head • Telephone Repairman • King of the World • Play Fish With Me • Pinky's Minstrel Songs • Johnny Badnote's Song
Slappy Squirrel
Slappy Squirrel Theme • The Wonderful World of Walnuts • Bumbie the Dearest Deer • The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) • The Slapper • Daniel Boone • Going up the Country • What Am I Singing For? • Crackers and Cheese • Would You Still Cheer? • Can You Hear Me? • Slappy's Polka • Star-Spangled Banner • It's Halloween • La donna è mobile • Food Song • Santa Lucia • Ride of the Valkyries • Slippin' on the Ice • Hall of Fame • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • Slappy Squirrel Theme (Three Tenors Version) • Rocket Rat
Goodfeathers
Goodfeathers Theme • Goodfeathers Song • Carloota • Scorsese's Head • I Feel Feathery • There's a Perch For You • Scorsese • Egg-hatcher, Egg-hatcher • If I Were the Godpigeon • Coo Coo Quack • Sasha, Squit • Do You Want Me? • Regis Philbin • Coo
Rita and Runt
Rita and Runt Theme • Humans Ain't What They Seem to Be • I, Camenbert • At The End Of My Fork • Look At Rita! • Flat in Gay Paree • I Am Definitely Runt • Rita and Runt • Do You Hear The Poodles Bark? • Dig Down • Bitten In The Butt • Runt and Camenbert • At the End of the Road • A Place Called Home • All Wrapped Up in Love • Let's Try For Two • Use Your Brain • A Hands On Kinda Gal • Let's Try For Three • Together • Milk Please Mama • I'm Nobody's Mama • Monterey • Happy Bob's Bunny Ranch • Stereotypical View • Bunny Bedtime • Miao • Florida • Cats Always Get the Short End of the Stick • I'll Go It Alone • Corn • Dizzy • Fraidy Cat • Is This My Destiny? • The Judge • There's Nothing Quite Like a Cat • Still There's Me and You
Chicken Boo
Chicken Boo Theme • Davy Omelette • Jingle Boo
Other
Hip Hippos Theme • La Behemoth • It's Not Pretty Being Me • Mr. Skullhead Show Theme • Katie Ka-Boom Theme • Mindy and the Brain • Pinky and the Cat • Dottie the Squirrel • Sister Slappy • Animaniacs Theme Song (Three Tenors Version) • Twelve Days Of Christmas (Blue Bird Edition) • Hello My Lady • Pinky and the Ralph • The Animaniacs Suite
Scrapped Songs
The Geologic Clock • Dear Mister Gingrich