It stands out on a highway
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like a Creature from another time.
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It inspires the babies' questions,
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"What's that?"
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For their mothers as they ride.
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But no one stopped to think about the babies
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or how they would survive,
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and we almost lost Detroit
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this time.
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How would we ever get over
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losing our minds?
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Just thirty miles from Detroit
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stands a giant power station.
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It ticks each night as the city sleeps
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seconds from anniahlation.
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But no one stopped to think about the people
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or how they would survive,
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and we almost lost Detroit
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this time.
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How would we ever get over
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over losing our minds?
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The sherrif of Monroe county had,
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sure enough disasters on his mind,
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and what would karen Silkwood say
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if she was still alive?
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That when it comes to people's safety
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money wins out every time.
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and we almost lost Detroit
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this time, this time.
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How would we ever get over
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over losing our minds?
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You see, we almost lost Detroit
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that time.
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Almost lost Detroit
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that time.
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And how would we ever get over...
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Cause odds are,
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we gonna lose somewhere, one time.
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Odds are
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we gonna lose somewhere sometime.
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And how would we ever get over
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losing our minds?
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And how would we ever get over
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losing our minds?
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Didn't they, didn't they decide?
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Almost lost Detroit
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that time.
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Damn near totally destroyed,
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one time.
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Didn't all of the world know?
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Say didn't you know?
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Didn't all of the world know?
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Say didn't you know?
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We almost lost detroit...
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We Almost Lost Detroit
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| Gil Scott-Heron |
