Panic In Detroit - David Bowie

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[Intro] 
          
          

[Verse]
             
He looked a lo

              
t like Che Gue

     
vara drove a d

iesel van
             
Kept his gun i

              
n quiet seclus

    
ion such a hum

ble man
            
The only survi

             
vor of the Nat

      
ional People's

 Gang
            
Panic in Detro

             
it I asked for

    
 an autograph
            
He wanted to s

           
tay home I wis

h someone woul

d phone
             
Panic in Detro

       
it

[Verse]
             
He laughed at 

              
accidental sir

    
ens that broke

 the evening g

loom
             
The police had

              
 warned of rep

           
ercussions the

y followed non

e too soon
            
A trickle of s

             
trangers were 

              
all that were 


left alive
            
Panic in Detro

             
it I asked for

    
 an autograph
            
He wanted to s

           
tay home I wis

h someone woul

d phone
             
Panic in Detro

       
it

[Chorus]
             
Putting on som

              
e clothes I ma

      
de my way to s

chool, ooh ooh
            
And I found my

             
 teacher crouc

            
hing in his ov

eralls
             
I screamed and

              
 ran to smash 

             
my favourite s

lot machine, o

oh ooh
            
And jumped the

             
 silent cars t

             
hat slept at t

                    
raffic lights

[Instrumental]
          
          

[Verse]
             
Having scored 

              
a trillion dol

     
lars made a ru

n back home
             
Found him slum

              
ped across the

       
 table a gun a

nd me alone
            
I ran to the w

             
indow looked f

     
or a plane or 

two
            
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it he'd left m

     
e an autograph
            
Let me collect

        
 dust I wish s

omeone would p

hone
             
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it
             
Panic in Detro

   
it
           
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it

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