Detroit City

I wanna go home, I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home Last night I went to sleep In Detroit City And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home I dreamed about my mother, Dear old papa, sister and brother An' I dreamed about that girl Who's been waiting for so long I wanna go home, I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home Some folks think I'm big in Detroit City From the letters that I write they think I'm fine But by day I make the bars, And by night I make the cars If only they could read Between the lines 'Cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time So I think I'll just take my foolish pride Put it on a Southbound freight and ride And go back to the loved ones The ones I left way so far behind I wanna go home, I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home...