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Michigan Left Lyrics
Driving to work,
I had the radio on,
Only to hear
Curtis Granderson's gone.
Reminders, they come
In empty lots.
'67
Took these city blocks.
Can we meet in the middle?
Can I turn you around?
Let's talk a little
And we can go downtown.
Decorations
Won't be wasted.
I'll be taking
Any beauty I see,
And I'll try to give it to ya.
I said,
"Let's not hear
That story again,
One that's drilled
Into our heads.
I'll hold dear
Neighbors and friends,
Who hold dear
Ideas of dissent."
I was confused
The day that we met --
All I kept hearing
Is "Michigan left."
You said those old nicknames,
They don't make any sense.
He said let me explain...
I had the radio on,
Only to hear
Curtis Granderson's gone.
Reminders, they come
In empty lots.
'67
Took these city blocks.
Can I turn you around?
Let's talk a little
And we can go downtown.
Won't be wasted.
I'll be taking
Any beauty I see,
And I'll try to give it to ya.
"Let's not hear
That story again,
One that's drilled
Into our heads.
I'll hold dear
Neighbors and friends,
Who hold dear
Ideas of dissent."
The day that we met --
All I kept hearing
Is "Michigan left."
You said those old nicknames,
They don't make any sense.
He said let me explain...
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A Michigan Left is a intersection where you go thru the intesection you want to make a left at, make a protected and possibly signalled uturn and then and then a right onto the orignal road you wanted to make a left on. The song was written in 2010, after Curtis Granderson got traded to the hated by all but New Yorkers Yankees. Downtown is full of surface level parking lots, a long term result of the flight of businesses from downtown Detroit after the riots in 68, ITs been the same thing ever since. This was pre-mid 2010's revival.