Detroit City

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City,

And I dreamed about those cotton fields at home.

I dreamed about my mother,

Dear old papa, sister and brother,

I dreamed about the girl

Who's been waiting for so long.

I wanna go home, I wanna go home,

Oh, how I wanna go home!

Home, 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 cars,

And by night, I make the bars,

If only they could read between the lines!

You know,

I rode a freight train north to Detroit City,

After all these years,

I find that I've just been wastin' my time.

So I think I'll take my foolish pride,

Put on a south bound freight and ride,

Goin' back to the love ones,

The ones I left waitin' so far behind.

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

Oh, how want to go home.