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He looked a lot like Che Guevara,
drove a diesel van
Kept his gun in quiet seclusion,
such a humble man
The only survivor of the National People’s Gang
Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone

Panic in Detroit

He laughed at accidental sirens that broke the evening gloom
The police had warned of repercussions

They followed none too soon
A trickle of strangers were all that were left alive
Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone

Panic in Detroit

Putting on some clothes I made my way to school
And I found my teacher
crouching in his overalls

I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine
And jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights

Having scored a trillion dollars,
made a run back home

Found him slumped across the table.
A gun and me alone
I ran to the window. Looked for a plane or two
Panic in Detroit.
He’d left me an autograph
“Let me collect dust.”
I wish someone would phone

Panic in Detroit

Prevod pesme

Panika u Detroitu

Dosta je ličio na Če Gevaru
vozio dizel kombi
Držao pištolj u tihoj izolovanosti,
takav jedan skroman čovek
Jedini preživeli iz Nacionalne Narodne Bande
Panika u Detroitu, on je tražio autogram
On je želeo da ostane kući, voleo bih kad bi neko nazvao

Panika u Detroitu

Smejao se nepredviđenim sirenama što su razbijale turobnost večeri
Policija je upozorila na posledice

Krenuše za njim u zadnjem momentu
Samo hrpica stranaca u životu je ostala
Panika u Detroitu, ja sam tražio autogram
On je želeo da ostane kući, voleo bih kad bi neko nazvao

Panika u Detroitu

Oblačeći nešto odeće išao sam put do škole
I našao svog nastavnika
kako čuči u svom ogrtaču

Zavrištao sam i jurnuo da razbijem svoj omiljeni poker aparat
I preskakao tihe automobile što su spavali na semaforima

Nakon što sam osvojio trilion dolara,
pobegao sam nazad kući

Našao sam ga srozanog preko stola.
Sami – pištolj i ja
Potrčao sam do prozora. Potražio avion ili dva
Panika u Detroitu.
On mi je bio ostavio autogram
“Dozvoli da kupim prašinu.”
Voleo bih kad bi neko nazvao

Panika u Detroitu