Struggling under the weight of 29 percent umemployment, Detroit is pure heartache.  The city that gave us Motown and manufactured our way to victory in World War II is now left to face the worst of the Great Recession.  It was easy to love Detroit when we got Cadillacs and Aretha Franklin out of the deal.  Yet now as our nation's foremost manufacturing center sinks deeper into the red, most Americans seem to be listening with a skeptical ear to the pleas from the Arsenal of Democracy.  Thus we sing our plaintive refrain...

I need your love.

"Detroit" explores the struggle of a union autoworker faced with the sudden termination of his lifelong employment.  After a fruitless job search, he is left with the harrowing proposition of leaving his partner and home to find work in another part of the country.  Set to smoldering blues, the song plays out as a sorrowful farewell coupled with a promise of brave perseverance.  All our character asks for in return is the continued allegiance of his lover.

This song is our tribute to the deep soul of Motown, the struggle of workers, and the bonds of devotion.  The man described in our song needs his partner's patient love - so does Detroit and so do we.

love,
curt

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"Detroit"

Chorus (Curt and A.J.)
I need your love
I know that I'm leaving
But I want you to know
Ain't no other way

Verse (Curt)
The day that I met you
Workin' side by side
At that moment I knew I'd work for you
'Til the day I died

Didn't notice the rain
Didn't notice the cold
Didn't notice a damn thing baby 
We just let our love unfold

Chorus (Curt and A.J.)

Verse (Curt)
Friday morning I went in
With a weight on my soul
I swear I tried to fight, baby, but I
Won't be back no more

Pretty baby I know
Told you I'd never leave
But I swear that I gotta go
If we're gonna make ends meet

Rhodes lead (A.J.)
Guitar lead (Curt)
Drum lead (Jo)

Chorus (Curt, A.J., and Jack)
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