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I'm a broken man
This here's my broken band
From a broken land
We take the good, the bad
yeah

I'm a broken man
From a broken land
This here's my broken band
From your hand
yeah

I'm a broken man
This here's my broken band
From a broken land
We call Detroit City
There's no blood on these hands
That's why we came to take a stand
We take the good, we take the bad
It's all we ever
It's all we had
yeah

I'm a broken man (x5)

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brutin On Apr 18, 2004

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2004-04-18 20:56:32

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by lacpunker

18y ago

One of my favorite Detroit-themed songs. It really captures the city's essence. In a good way.

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