Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit - 1854602 lyrics

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...