Seized Up

My friend

Steve pissed away all his years 'cuz he was slaving building cars

Blood and sweat upon the gears all of his off time

Spent at the bar years and years of nothing , but sorrow

I wonderHow can he be content ******* just to wake up

Tomorrow, he'll do it all over again

Gonna wake up tomorrow and do it again

On the streets of

Detroit, on the streets of this town

All their dreams are destroyed

Once you're in, you can never get out

See Reggie sleeps on

Jefferson

Avenue on the courthouse heat exhausts

He's no different than me or you

In 1984 he got layed off a motor city, dead of

We shared a joke and

I gave him some change

Wonder is there a hope his future

I don't know

I never saw him again don't think that

I'll ever see him again

On the streets of

Detroit, on the streets of this town

All their dreams are destroyed

Once you're in, you can never get out

I'm gonna burn it down,

I'm gonna burn it down

I'm gonna burn it down,

I'm gonna burn it down

My father put in his best year, yeah, working for one of the big three

Still remember my mother's tears, we're born to die in a factory

Coming home at dawn early break

See he's strung out from the late night shift

Pills and powder to stay awake,

I see his bottles are empty again

Empty again, prescription bottles are empty again

On the streets of

Detroit, on the streets of this town

All their dreams are destroyed

Once you're in, you can never get out

On the streets of

Detroit, on the streets of this town

All their dreams are destroyed

Once you're in, you can never get out

Sometimes

I want to burn it down