Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Motor City Is Burning, artist - John Lee Hooker. Album song Blues Greats: John Lee Hooker, in the genre БлюзDate of issue: 31.12.2010
Record label: Geffen
Song language: English
The 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' |