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


[Chorus]

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    But no one stopped to think 
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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?


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[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


[Chorus]

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    But no one stopped to think 
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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
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 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?