Detroit City

You know 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, sisters and brothers

And I dreamed about a love who's been waiting there so long

I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Oh how I wanna go home

My kinfolks think I'm big in Detroit City

From all the letters that I write, they think I'm fine

By day I make the cars, but by night I make on the bars

Oh if only they'd just read between the lines

They'd know I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Oh how I wanna go home

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

Think I'll put my foolish pride on a southbound train and ride

Head on back to the loved ones I left waiting there behind

I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Oh how I wanna go home

I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Oh how I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Yes, I wanna go home

Oh how I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Yes, I wanna go home

Oh how I wanna go home

I wanna go home

I wanna go home