Motor City is Burning
John Lee HookerOriginale | La versione degli MC5, nel disco "Kick Out the Jams" registrato... |
MOTOR CITY IS BURNING Oh, the motor city's burnin' It ain't no thing in the world that I can do Don't ya know Don't ya know the big D is burnin'? Ain't no thing in the world that Johnny can do My home town burnin' down to the ground Worser than Viet Nam Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont, this mornin' I just don't know what it's all about Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont, this mornin' I don't know what it's all about The fire wagon kept comin' The snipers just wouldn't let 'em put it out Fire bomb bustin' all around me An' soldiers was ev'rywhere Well, fire bomb fallin' all around me And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere I could hear the people screaming Sirens fill the air I don't know what the trouble is I can't stay around to find it out I don't know, I don't know What the trouble is, this mo'nin' I just can't stay around to find it out Takin' my wife an my family And little Johnny Lee is clearin' out The motor city's burnin' Ain't a thing that I can do Well, the motor city's burnin' Ain't a thing that I can do I just hope, people It'll never happen to you Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman Said, “Look, get outta here It's too hot.” | MOTOR CITY IS BURNING Ya know, the Motor City is burning babe, there ain't a thing in the world that they can do. Ya know, the Motor City is burning people, there ain't a thing that white society can do. Ma home town burning down to the ground, worser than Vietnam. Let me tell you how it started now ... it started on 12th & Clairmount that morning. It made the pig cops all jump & shout, Ah said, it started on 12th & Clairmount that morning, It made the pigs in the street freak out. The fire wagons kept comin', baby, but the black Panther snipers wouldn't let them put it out, wouldn't let them put it out, wouldn't let them put it out. Well, there were fire bombs bursting all around, people, Ya know there were soldiers standing everywhere. I said there was fire bombs bursting all around me, baby, Ya know there was National Guard everywhere. Ah can hear my people screaming. Sirens fill the air, fill the air, fill the air. Your mama papa don't know what the trouble is ... you see, they don't know what it's all about. Ah said, your mama papa don't know what the trouble is, baby, they just can't see what it's all about. Read the news, read the newspapers, baby? You just get out there in the street and check it out! Ah said, the Motor City is burning, people, I ain't hanging round to fight it out. Ah said, the Motor City is burning, people, just not hang around to fight it out. Well, I'm taking my wife and my people and ??? Well, just before I go, baby, ???? , firemans on the street, people all around, Now, I guess it's true, I'd just like to strike a match for freedom myself, I may be a white boy, but I can be bad, too. Yes, it's true now, yes, it's true now. Let it all burn! Let it all burn! |