Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit (Live 1983) Lyrics

Lyrics We Almost Lost Detroit (Live 1983) - Gil Scott-Heron



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
Losing our minds?
Just thirty miles from Detroit
They built a giant power station
It ticks each night as the city sleeps
Seconds from annihilation
Yeah, but no one stopped to think about the people
Or how they would survive, and we've
Almost lost Detroit this time
And how would we ever get over
Over losing our minds?
The sheriff of Monroe county had
I'm sure enough disasters on his mind
And what would Karen Silkwood say to you
I mean if she was still alive
That when it comes to people's safety
Money wins out every time
And we've almost lost Detroit
This time, yeah this time
How would we ever get over
Over losing our minds?
You see, we almost lost Detroit
That time
We almost lost Detroit
That time
And how would we ever get over, over
And how would we ever get over, over
I don't think I would ever get over, over
People all over the world wanna know
Say, didn't you know?
People all over the world wanna know
Say, didn't you know
We almost lost Detroit
That time, totally destroyed
That time, how would you get over, over
I don't think I would ever get over, over
I don't think I would ever get over, over
I don't think I would ever get over, over
We're not thinking all over the world wanna know
Say, didn't you know
People all over the world wanna know
Say, didn't you know
We almost lost Detroit
That time
Damn near totally destroyed
That time
I don't think I would ever get over, over
I don't think I would ever get over, over
How would you ever get over, over
Talking about over, over
I don't think I would ever get over
Over losing my mind




Gil Scott-Heron - Plug In, Turn On, Cop Out (Live 1983)
Album Plug In, Turn On, Cop Out (Live 1983)
date of release
02-12-2019

1 Introduction (Live 1983)
2 We Almost Lost Detroit (Live 1983)
3 Intro to Angola Louisiana (Live 1983)
4 Angola Louisiana (Live 1983)
5 Intro to Three Miles Down (Live 1983)
6 Three Miles Down (Live 1983)
7 B Movie (Live 1983)
8 Intro to a Legend In His Own Mind (Live 1983)
9 A Legend In His Own Mind (Live 1983)
10 Intro to Winter In America (Live 1983)
11 Winter In America (Live 1983)
12 Band Introductions (Live 1983)
13 Intro to Shut 'em Down (Live 1983)
14 Shut 'em Down (Live 1983)
15 Intro to Washington DC (Live 1983)
16 Washington DC (Live 1983)
17 Intro to the Bottle (Live 1983)
18 The Bottle (Live 1983)
19 Intro to Better Days Ahead (Live 1983)
20 Better Days Ahead (Live 1983)
21 Intro to Johannesburg (Live 1983)
22 Johannesburg (Live 1983)
23 Winter In America (Live 1984)
24 Not Needed (Live 1984)
25 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Live 1993)




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