Sufjan Stevens - Oh Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!) lyrics

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, it’s a great idea!
From the Renaissance, it’s a great idea!
Everything you want, it’s a great idea!
Throw them all away, it’s a great idea!
From the Renaissance, it’s a great idea!
Everything you want

(Hesitate to burn the buildings)