Detroit versuri

Versuri Unknown Artist – Detroit lyrics

I remember dad’s faded eyes
Grease so deep in every line
He says to me, „This city
built the world with our hands”
With a quiet but certain pride
No plant’s hum is the real crime
No truly work, just killing time
Your paint all chipped
I see the steel
We shared a same and single meal
You’re tired, I’ll hide the grime
You fired up each dawn for me
Put purpose in my need
We played our part for what us should be
They say we’re obsolete
I have learned your every creed
What better life could be finally
These hands are stained with engine oil
One last shift on this evil soil
The long goodbyes don’t hurt no more
But where did our shining days go
Who will remember what we built before

You taught my hands to hold wrench
You showed me skills at the workbench
The work cap now in colset
Your uniform’s laid to rest
I can’t find our happiness
He’ll pack bags and leave here
There’s no reason to stay
To chase some unknow and dismal future
And I know I can’t ask
ask him nothing but to pray
Pray the time can spare him from slay
We briefly touched the future bright
And thought that was the world always right
If fate would square the debt it’s owed
If rubble let the story told
I will remember what they built before

My calloused hands once held the light
And dreamed that work would make it right
If rust could wash the years away
If worn-out tools could find their way
I will keep the spark which has left today