I was born in Detroit rock city
Pounding the pavement
All the way to school

Now I’m painting cars up real pretty
On the graveyard shift
At the River Rouge

Redlined but ain't gonna crash it
All down Woodward Avenue
Blinded by the light on Gratiot
Too fast for loving you

And I do what I can
Because that’s who I am
Give me rock and roll man

How bout you
How bout you
How bout you

Out of sight like I hit the lotto
Being tailed by a ghetto jet
Just another Detroit desperado
Beaten up but I ain’t dead yet

Smoke screened
All through Motown
Power tripping
Breathing alky fumes

Head down
It’s a motor city meltdown
Gone in a sonic boom

And I do what I can
Because that’s who I am
Give me rock and roll man

How bout you
How bout you
How bout you

Now I was born in Detroit rock city
Pounding the pavement
All the way to school

Now I’m painting cars up real pretty
On the midnight shift
At the River Rouge

Full speed down to the rock show
Turn on the knobs to the right
Another shift at work is a no show
Detroit rock all night

And I do what I can
Because that’s who I am
Give me rock and roll man
How bout you

How 'bout you
How 'bout you
How 'bout you
How 'bout you

How 'bout you
How 'bout you
How 'bout you