Detroit

Detroit is the tenth song of the 1967 Disney film, The Happiest Millionaire which it is sung by Angie (John Davidson) and Cordy (Lesley Ann Warren) and written by the Academy Award winning songwriting team of the Sherman Brothers.

Lyrics
Angie: There's a shining city west of here Where dreams are booming into gear It's no humdrum, nine-to-five town It's a growing, going, bright, alive town

Golden sparks light up the skies there Like a thousand Fourth of Julys there How I want to stake a claim and Roll my sleeves and make my name in Detroit!

You can hear it humming, see it coming Feel it everywhere you go It's tomorrow morning, the future dawning With a bright and shining glow

It's the land with golden chariots All molten out of dreams Detroit! Detroit! Detroit! Detroit! It's Detroit!

Oh, I could be there, I'd be free there Standing on my own two feet I'd invent new motors, design new rotors I'd be in the drivers seat

I'd make all my dreams realities Oh, I'd be on my way In Detroit! Detroit! Detroit! Detroit! In Detroit!

Others are giving their dreams a try If others can dream there, why can't I? Oh, you see where the rainbow ends for me Is known to the world as F.O.B. Detroit

Cordy: If you hear it humming, see it coming That's the place where you must go But to make your name there, you must stake your claim there And let no one tell you no

Angie: And my dreams of golden chariots In Detroit can all come true For you hear it humming, and you see it coming And you want to be there too.