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To: Army Air Corps
Even back in 1963, Bobby Bare sized up the despair in Detroit City:

By day, I make the cars,
by night I make the bars.

43 posted on 02/11/2011 10:20:24 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex
"make the bars"

The two greatest lines ever written in a country music song. To make it more interesting, I first heard that song when I was thirteen, and my family was returning from a trip to a big city visiting relatives. That city was Detroit.

104 posted on 02/12/2011 6:16:43 AM PST by driftless2 (For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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