We Almost Lost Detroit

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[Verse 1]

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    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—"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 or
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    How they would survive, and we
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    Al  most lost Detroit this time
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    How would we ever get over
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    Losing our minds?


[Verse 2]

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    Just thirty miles from Detroit
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    There stands a giant power station
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    It ticks each night as the city sleeps
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    Seconds from annihilation


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    But no one stopped to think about the people or
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    How they would survive, and we
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    Al  most lost Detroit this time
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    How would we ever get over
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    Losing our minds?


[Verse 3]

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    The sheriff of Monroe county had
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    I'm sure enough disasters on his mind
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    And what would Karen Silkwood say to you
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    If she was still alive?


[Chorus]

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    That when it comes to people's safety
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    Money wins out every time, and we
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    Al  most lost Detroit this time
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    How would we ever get over
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    Losing our minds?