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Rainy Night Detroit


Words & Music by Denice Franke
© 1996 de nICE gIRL Music (BMI)
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

It's a cold night in Detroit
I'm burnin' the midnight lamp
with someone I can't take care of
I've been talkin' to myself out loud
and wonderin'... who's that face on
    the wall

Chorus:
I could bring you seven years bad luck
shattering that glass off the wall
On a rainy night in Detroit
there's no one to blame
for the pieces shinin' on the floor

I hear laughter in these hotel
    room corners
I hear voices talking behind me
I can feel their hard breathing on
    my shoulder
but the voices
they have no faces

Chorus

You say, "You gotta get yourself
    back together
Oh remember the show still goes on
They don't understand the weight
    that pulls you under
but they'll remember the voice in
    your songs."

"Now, you remember, there's people
    here who love you
You gotta learn to turn that love
    on yourself
There's a child deep inside who
    needs to hold you
Deep inside there is a child you need
    to hold."

Chorus

You say, "You gotta get yourself
    back together
just remember the show still goes on
They don't understand the weight
    that pulls you under
but they'll remember your songs
    when you've gone."

"Now, you remember, there's people
    here who love you
You gotta learn to turn that love
    on yourself
There's a child deep inside who needs
    to hold you
Deep inside there is a child you need
    to hold."

Hell, we'll curse the seven years bad luck
oh and laughing that glass off the wall
On a rainy night in Detroit there's no
    one to blame
for the pieces shinin' on the floor
On a rainy night in Detroit there's no
    one to blame
for the pieces shinin' on the floor

Denice Franke - Acoustic guitar, vocal.
Mike Sumler - Piano and electric guitar.
Glenn Fukunaga - Electric bass.
Paul Pearcy - Percussion.

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