Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!) Songtext
von Sufjan Stevens

Once a great place (Once a great place)
Now a prison (Now a prison)
All I can say (All I can say)
All I can do (All I can do)
People Mover (People Mover)
Bad decision (Bad decision)
From suburban (From suburban)
Now a prison (Now a prison)
All I can say (All I can say)
All I can do (All I can do)
From the trembling walls, It′s a great idea!
Everything you want, It's a great idea!
It′s a great idea!
It's a great idea!


Once a great place (Once a great place)
Now a prison (Now a prison)
All I can say (All I can say)
All I can do (All I can do)
Henry Ford, Henry Ford (Henry Ford)
Public Trans, Public Trans (Public Trans)
Pontiac, Pontiac (Pontiac)
Feed the poor, Feed the poor (Feed the poor)
City Hall, City hall (City hall)
Windsor Park, Windsor Park (Windsor Park)
Saginaw, Saginaw (Saginaw)
After dark, After dark (After dark)
Tigers game, Tigers game (Tigers game)
Eighty-four, Eighty-four (Eighty-four)
Industry, Industry (Industry)
Unemployed, Unemployed (Unemployed)
Gun control, Gun control (Gun control)
Wolverine, Wolverine (Wolverine)
Iroquois, Iroquois (Iroquois)
Industry, Industry (Industry)
Public Trans, Public Trans (Public Trans)
Auto Cars, Auto Cars (Auto Cars)
Jefferson, Jefferson (Jefferson)
Michigan, Michigan! (Michigan)

From the trembling walls, It's a great idea!
Everything you want (Hesitate to)
It′s a great idea (Burn the buildings)
From the Renaissance (Hesitate to)
It′s a great idea (Burn the buildings)
Everything you want (Hesitate to)
It's a great idea (Burn the buildings)
Throw them all away (Hesitate to)
It′s a great idea (Burn the buildings)
From the Renaissance (Hesitate to)
It's a great idea (Burn the buildings)
Everything you want (Hesitate to burn the buildings)