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My friend |
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Steve pissed away all his years 'cuz he was slaving building cars |
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Blood and sweat upon the gears all of his off time |
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Spent at the bar years and years of nothing , but sorrow |
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I wonderHow can he be content fucking just to wake up |
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Tomorrow, he'll do it all over again |
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Gonna wake up tomorrow and do it again |
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On the streets of |
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Detroit, on the streets of this town |
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All their dreams are destroyed |
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Once you're in, you can never get out |
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See Reggie sleeps on |
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Jefferson |
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Avenue on the courthouse heat exhausts |
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He's no different than me or you |
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In 1984 he got layed off a motor city, dead of |
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We shared a joke and |
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I gave him some change |
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Wonder is there a hope his future |
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I don't know |
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I never saw him again don't think that |
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I'll ever see him again |
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On the streets of |
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Detroit, on the streets of this town |
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All their dreams are destroyed |
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Once you're in, you can never get out |
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I'm gonna burn it down, |
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I'm gonna burn it down |
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I'm gonna burn it down, |
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I'm gonna burn it down |
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My father put in his best year, yeah, working for one of the big three |
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Still remember my mother's tears, we're born to die in a factory |
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Coming home at dawn early break |
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See he's strung out from the late night shift |
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Pills and powder to stay awake, |
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I see his bottles are empty again |
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Empty again, prescription bottles are empty again |
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On the streets of |
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Detroit, on the streets of this town |
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All their dreams are destroyed |
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Once you're in, you can never get out |
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On the streets of |
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Detroit, on the streets of this town |
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All their dreams are destroyed |
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Once you're in, you can never get out |
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Sometimes |
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I want to burn it down |