Songs From Detroit
- $Apollo
Apollo
He was too tired to think.
And yet he thought of you.
The rain that fell down his face
Was nothing new.Surrounded by that fire.
And shrill and raging quiet. - $Benefit
Benefit
I
Have no fear that I am drowning
My head is above the waves.
Though it seems that storms always surround me
I have no need to be saved.I will live my life like everyone
as full as any man.
And do the things that God requires
Within my given span.II
And do for others all the things I could not find myself.
I will not remain with past regrets
when my life is through.…Well… not quite true.
…I think of you.III
I’ve begun to see the benefits
Of life here on my own.
You may say that I am by myself
But it’s clear I’m not alone
I deflect attention from the self and
And put my strength in toward all those who far more need help.IV
(Solo)So if you see the benefit
Of life beyond yourself
Of doing things that come from within
You can get
Forsaking all the vast rewards
On which I once aspired
Within true lightCoda
- $Overture To Act III:
(Dancing In The Streets)After the riots.
- $Overture To Act I
Overture To Act I
Now when Donny was in his prime.
He could make a lot of silver from his stocks.
He could promise himself he could run it himself
He could make a whole world out of blocks.
He wanted to pay them and give it a shot
And he would end up on top.
Man, there was nothing that he couldn’t make.
Except a mess.II
There’s broken glass in the yards.
Where the iron ore steamers used to stop.
Every promise they made.
Every summer we played.
Now it’s raining outside at the docks.I want to be fair.
Not easily shocked.
But were we ever on top?Man there was nothing that we couldn’t take.
Except the mess. - $Electric Twist
- $Evergreen
Evergreen
Doda (Sic transit gloria mundi)
Did you ever ride the park,
Fronting on the river scene?.
When the boulevards were young.
Over Grosse Pointe through the trees.Did you ever see the plan,
When the century was young?
All the buildings crowned in marble …..?
Driving fast down Evergreen.When the elm trees lined the avenues
Standing tall against the green.
Wrapped in halos of the motor cars
Like nobody’s ever seen.Now we drive on down the boulevards
Past the buildings racked with pain.
And I squint so hard through broken glass
Trying hard to see the past.And then no one sees the emptiness.
When I cannot find a job.
Having seen the thought of,…
Will the future look Supremes? - $Growth
- $Hold You Nightly
Hold You Nightly
Don’t ask me.
I don’t think you want to know.
I only noticed
When I wanted to be with you.
Beneath these things that haunted you.
Sure you know it’s only there for love.Don’t ask me.
I don’t think we’re meant to understand.
I only knew I wanted to be with you.
I lived my life
Always beholden of you.
What more could you
Want I’d give forTo hold you nightly
Love you rightly.
Show you everything
Deep down within my heart.
To grieve so badly.
Love you madly.
And show you everything within my heart.Because I know.
Yes I know.
Yes I know.
Yes I know.Test add.
- $I Fall Down
I Fall Down
I never knew my father.
All the times I saw him;
Walking by,
With only his hat in hand.I never watched him, often
But if there was a love gone.
I know that now it was within me
but now I fear it is gone.All the way,
All the way.
I fall down.
All the way.I never knew my father
Only by his hat and the way he wore his coat.
It didn’t take much to wear him down
before the end came.
Hot, cold feelings
coming over me.
But in my eyes
and in my face,
something never leaves.And in my eyes before me.
There is a place gone.
But in my thoughts before this time,
I wonder if you saw?All these times.
All these places I have gone.
All the things that I would feel
If you were there.But now and then.
Middle age and thinning hair.
I always wonder,
if you cared.Can it be so obsessive;
so extreme that all that I would give?To mean it all
To think of it at allSo that we all could name?
But in my eyes before me.
There is a name to trust.
But in my thoughts
There is a rage that went away.
I go down.
I go down.
I go down,
for you anywhere.
For you anywhere.
For you anywhere,
…all the way.
Some personal notes on Songs From Detroit…
Did you ever drive the park,
Fronting on the river scene?
When the avenues were young.
Over Grosse Pointe through the trees.
Did you ever see the plan,
When the century was young?
All the buildings crowned in marble?
Moving fast down Evergreen.
When the elm trees lined the boulevards
Standing tall against the green.
Wrapped in halos of the motor cars
Like nobody’s ever seen.
Now we drive on down the boulevards
Past the buildings racked with pain.
And I squint so hard through broken glass
Trying hard to see the past.
And then no one sees the emptiness.
When I cannot find a job.
Having seen the thought of,…
Will the future look Supreme?
- Joy, Joy, Joy
Joy, Joy, Joy
Every day you wake up you feel it’s somehow dangerous.
And even with so many people,
You still feel alone.I understand my friend about being alone.
But I’m here to tell you, No worry!
Because we all are going home.(Chorus)
Joy, joy, joy.
I believe there’s joy in store.
I believe that it’s all coming to be
And will be here before we know.Joy, joy, joy.
I believe there’s joy in store.
I can see that it’s all coming to me
It will be here before we know.Do you cry at night?
I feel it in me,
Have you felt the pain?
Oh yes I have.
Can you think that nobody else will help us up?But I don’t cry anymore
Tell us why you don’t.
I don’t feel the pain.I know that somebody else will help us up.
Going up(Chorus)
- My Time To Go
- Never Thought I
Never Thought I
Never thought I would give in to this moment.
Never thought I would be afraid.
I had planned to be a lifetime.
But I don’t feel the same. - Outstanding
- Residue
Residue
There’s the residue of anger.
A stain on every wall.
There’s no point in calling in the crew.
For you won’t wash it off.I know that you
Have been confused
About the things we boughtBut even with all this renewal
Somethings still got lost. - Tear Down The House
Tear Down The House
Tear down the house
That my grandfather built.
There’s nothing left to keep these bones
But I see them still.Tear down every house
But build your own new dream.He raised a family.
He built a business.
He served his country
And made the difference,That won the war and
Conceived inventions.
A Golden Age.
All things that you can’t see. - We Don’t Build Great Things Anymore
We Don't Build Great Things Anymore
We don’t build great things anymore.
We don’t take the time to realize, what it’s for.
But if I could. I’d do great good.
If the price that we are paying,
Means something more. - Who Do You Think?
Who Do You Think?
Every morning when I wake up.
And I see my family resting there.
Knowing it’s a great time for the future.
And flowers blooming everywhereWonderful to be in this line.
In the right place
At the right time.
You can even see it in their faces
Rise and fall
We will have it all.But even in this morning light
The sunny times and rain
I never stop to analyze
About their joys and pain
There’s so much interest within this town
That’s swimming all around
But it seems I’m only living for…
The drive.Look at me!
I’m driving…
Listen to me.
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me.You grab the handle
Get this damn thing out of park
From the bottom of river
We’ll be speeding to the topI roll down the screen
As we roll down the street
And I wave at everybody
That I long to meet
Hang on!Because I’m driving…
Now who do you think makes the whole thing run?
Makes the cars from the flame
In the morning sun.And who do you think makes the whole thing go?
Makes your heart want to break
The world there to take
My life
And Detroit
I believe in you.Hang on!
But even in the traffic lights
The spinning wheels go round
The only thing that’s in my mind
And every wind and soundAnd every mile that goes on by
I think I
Know that I am
On the rise
And so I
And I will only be here for…
A while(What am I talking about?)
I’m driving…
Grandather
Listen to me.Lilian
Listen to me.Eddie
Listen to me.All
Listen to me.You’ve got your hand
Put it right here on your heart
From the bottom of the river
We’ll be driving to the top
I roll down the screen
And I roll down the street
And I wave at everybody
That I long to meetHang on!
Hang on!It’s gonna be wonderful (Marvelous)
Something else (Only life)
We’re gonna see all the thing we can be
(Shiny as a penny on a moonlit night)
And I’ll love youYou know it’s coming true!
Now who do you think makes the whole thing run?
Makes my heart skip a beat
When the evening comesAnd who do you think makes the whole thing go?
Makes your heart want to break
The world there to take
My life
And Detroit
We believe in you.Hang on.
- The Wrecking Ball
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All three families watching TV as Apollo 8 shows the first pictures ever seen of earth from space. December 1968.