My friend Steve pissed away all his years
'Cuz he was slaving building cars blood and sweat
Upon the gears all of his off time spent at the bar
Years and years of nothing but sorrow
I wonder how can he be content fucking
Just to wake up tomorrow he'll do it all over again
Gonna wake up tomorrow and do it again
On the streets of Detroit
On the streets of this town
All their dreams are destroyed
Once you're in you can never get out
See Reggie sleeps on Jefferson Avenue on the
Courthouse heat exhausts, he's no different than me
Or you in 1984 he got layed off a motor city dead of
We shared a joke and I gave him some change
Wonder is there a hope his future I don't know
I never saw him again don't think that I'll ever see him again
On the streets of Detroit
On the streets of this town
All their dreams are destroyed
Once you're in you can never get out
I'm gonna burn it down
I'm gonna burn it down
I'm gonna burn it down
I'm gonna burn it down
My father put in his best year, yeah
Working for one of the big 3, still remember my mother's tears
We're born to die in a factory, coming home at dawn early break
See he's strung out from the late night shift
Pills and powder to stay awake
I see his bottles are empty again, empty again
Prescription bottles are empty again
On the streets of Detroit
On the streets of this town
All their dreams are destroyed
Once you're in you can never get out
On the streets of Detroit
On the streets of this town
All their dreams are destroyed
Once you're in you can never get out
Sometimes I want to burn it down

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