It stands out on the highway   Like a creature from another time   It inspires the babies' questions ("What's that?")   For their mothers as they ride   But no one stopped to think about the babies or   How they will survive      And we almost lost Detroit   This time   How will we ever get over   Losing our minds      Just thirty miles from Detroit   Lies a giant power station   It ticks each night as the city sleeps   Like a creature from another time   But no one stopped to think about the people or   How they will survive      The sheriff of Monroe County's got   Sure 'nough, disasters on his mind   But what would Karen Silkwood say to you   If she was still alive   That when it comes to people's safety   Money wins out every time      [improv]   Almost lost Detroit   That time   How could we ever get over   Cause odds are   We're gonna lose somewhere, one time   Odds are   We're gonna lose somewhere, sometime   And how would we ever get over   losing our minds (X2)   Didn't they, didn't they decide   Almost lost Detroit   that time   Damn near totally destroyed   One time.   Didn't all of the world know?   Say didn't you know?   We almost lost Detroit