Name: '67
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: I was 5 when riots hit Detroit, so a lot of this is about what I remember. (Written in February 1998.)

'67

from There's Gotta Be a Road by Charlie Monterey

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I was 5 when riots hit Detroit, so a lot of this is about what I remember. (Written in February 1998.)

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We spent the night with my cousins in Birmingham
One hot July years ago
House full of kids, all fun and excitement
But something lingered in the air
Back at our house, the tanks were rolling
Down the streets toward the billowing smoke
It was '67, the city was burning
We slept where we thought we'd be safe

My dad worked nights, but he'd come home early
'Cause the curfew was at 8
Mom wasn't good at hiding her worries
Till she saw the car pull up in front
My sister and I couldn't quite understand it
But we knew that a riot was bad
It was '67 and the people were fighting
We just wanted to stay out of the way

Maybe it just had to happen
The lid just had to come off
The combination of heat and frustration
Injustice mixed up with fear
People could not pretend any more
When the fires lit up the sky
Too many gunshots, bricks through store windows
The headlines screaming the score

It went up with a bang, and faded more slowly
Finally the troops all left town
People started to put things back together
Even now some streets still aren't the same
Thirty years later it looks like it's better
At least we don't fight in the street
But ask folks living near old 12th and Myrtle
Have we really come far enough

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from There's Gotta Be a Road, released January 20, 2001
Charlie: Guitar, mandolin, vocals.

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Charlie Monterey Warren, Michigan

Singer/songwriter and guitarist from metro Detroit, Michigan. Generally mellow sort of folkish songs, relatively minimal arrangements.

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