John Lee Hooker – The Motor City Is Burning (Guitar)

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Oh, the motor city's burnin'

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It ain't no thing in the world that I can do

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Don't ya know

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Don't ya know the big D is burnin'?

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Ain't no thing in the world that Johnny can do

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My home town burnin' down to the ground

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Worser than Vietnam

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Well, it started on twelfth and Clairmont, this mornin'

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I just don't know what it's all about

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Well, it started on twelfthand Clairmont, this mornin'

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I don't know what it's all about

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The fire wagon kept comin'

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The snipers just wouldn't let 'em put it out

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Fire bomb bustin' all around me

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An' soldiers was everywhere

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Well, fire bomb fallin' all around me

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And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere

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I could hear the people screaming

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Sirens fill the air

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I don't know what the trouble is

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I can't stay around to find it out

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I don't know, I don't know

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I just can't stay around to find it out

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Takin' my wife an my family

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And little Johnny Lee is clearin' out

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The motor city's burnin'

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Ain't a thing that I can do

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Well, the motor city's burnin'

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Ain't a thing that I can do

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I just hope, people

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It'll never happen to you

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Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman

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Said, 'Look, get outta here'