We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron - Detroit, MI
N 42° 19.926 W 083° 02.776
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But no one stopped to think about the babies
or how they would survive,
and we almost lost Detroit this time.
How would we ever get over, loosing our minds?
Waymark Code: WM5T12
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2009
Views: 10
It stands out on a highway
like a Creature from another time.
It inspires the babies' questions,
"What's that?"
For their mothers as they ride.
But no one stopped to think about the babies
or how they would survive,
and we almost lost Detroit this time.
How would we ever get over, loosing our minds?
Just thirty miles from Detroit
stands a giant power station.
It ticks each night as the city sleeps
seconds from anniahlation.
But no one stopped to think about the people
or how they would survive,
and we almost lost Detroit this time.
How would we ever get over, over loosing our minds?
The sherrif of Monroe county had,
sure enough disasters on his mind,
and what would karen Silkwood say
if she was still alive?
That when it comes to people's safety
money wins out every time.
and we almost lost Detroit this time, this time.
How would we ever get over over loosing our minds?
You see, we almost lost Detroit that time.
Almost lost Detroit that time.
And how would we ever get over...
Cause odds are, we gonna loose somewhere, one time.
Odds are we gonna loose somewhere sometime.
And how would we ever get over loosing our minds?
And how would we ever get over loosing our minds?
Didn't they, didn't they decide?
Almost lost Detroit that time.
Damn near totally destroyed, one time.
Didn't all of the world know?
Say didn't you know?
Didn't all of the world know?
Say didn't you know?
We almost lost Detroit...
Musician: Gil Scott-Heron
Name of Song: We Almost Lost Detroit
Relevant Verse:
But no one stopped to think about the babies
or how they would survive,
and we almost lost Detroit this time.
How would we ever get over, loosing our minds?
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