Buried In Detroit

[00:15.75] I'm a writer and a lover
[00:19.38] I'm a Midwest music man
[00:23.38] And I've been to a lot of places
[00:26.34] But I'm gon' end where I began
[00:30.67] I took class in Carolina
[00:35.17] Got high smoking joints
[00:38.69] And now they know my name in Paris
[00:41.73] But I'll be buried in Detroit
[00:46.03] Next to my father
[00:50.48] And my father's father too
[00:54.16] I used to live in New York City
[00:57.13] But baby, that ain't no substitute
[01:01.28] Not for my hometown
[01:05.53] That place people avoid
[01:09.46] I've made love in every city
[01:12.51] But I'll be buried in Detroit, oh, ooh
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[01:32.88] I don't claim to be a prophet
[01:37.24] I just speak my mind
[01:41.26] I try to tell it like it is
[01:43.67] And sometimes God makes it rhyme
[01:47.92] I like my songs how I like my women
[01:52.50] Honest and to the point
[01:56.14] You see I got fucked up in Stockholm
[01:59.12] But I'll be buried in Detroit
[02:03.17] Next to my father
[02:07.23] My father's father too
[02:11.33] I used to live in New York City
[02:14.04] But baby, that ain't no substitute
[02:18.64] Not for my hometown
[02:23.39] That place people avoid
[02:26.99] I've made love in every city
[02:29.79] But I'll be buried in Detroit
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[02:50.26] You know I ain't gon' live forever
[02:54.66] Baby it won't be long
[02:58.34] At the wake they'll say "He made a lot of mistakes
[03:02.05] But he could write hell of a song"
[03:06.04] And I made, I made killing
[03:10.03] Though I never really was employed
[03:13.37] I had a girl from San Diego
[03:19.68] But I'll be buried in
[03:24.60] I killed a show in Indonesia
[03:30.34] But I'll be buried in
[03:36.01] I made love in every city
[03:42.47] But I'll be buried in Detroit
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