[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:14.92]I'm a writer and a lover [00:19.09]I'm midwest music man [00:22.80]And I've been to a lot of places [00:26.22]But I'm gon end where I began [00:30.45]I took class in Carolina [00:34.81]Got high smoking joints [00:38.36]And now they know my name in Paris [00:41.47]But I'll be buried in Detroit [00:45.38]Next to my father [00:49.61]And my father's father too [00:53.41]I used to live in New York City [00:56.76]But baby that ain't no substitute [01:00.56]Not for my hometown [01:04.54]That place people avoid [01:08.83]I've made love in every city [01:12.14]But I'll be buried in Detroit [01:15.68] [01:32.41]I don't claim to be a prophet [01:36.39]I just speak my mind [01:40.59]I try to tell it like it is [01:43.83]And sometime god makes it rhyme [01:47.93]I like my songs how I like my women [01:52.04]Honest and to the point [01:55.83]You see I got fucked up in Stockholm [01:59.20]But I'll be buried in Detroit [02:02.93]Next to my father [02:07.15]And my father's father too [02:10.88]I used to live in New York City [02:14.17]But baby that ain't no substitute [02:18.16]Not for my hometown [02:22.82]That place people avoid [02:26.56]I've made love in every city [02:29.66]But I'll be buried in Detroit [02:34.01] [02:49.89]You know I ain't gon live forever [02:53.99]Baby it won't be long [02:57.41]At the wake thay'll say [02:59.54]He make a lot of mistakes [03:01.90]But he could write hell of a song [03:05.70]And I made, I made killing [03:09.37]Though I never really was employed [03:13.35]I had a girl from San Diego [03:18.52]But I'll be buried in [03:24.55]I killed a show in Indoesia [03:29.59]But I'll be buried in [03:35.07]I made love in every city [03:40.91]But I'll be buried in Detroit [03:55.26]