Detroit City
I want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and 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 want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how I want to 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
By night I make the bars
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've found I've just been wasting my time
So I think I'm gonna pack my foolish pride
Put it on a Southbound freight and let it ride
Get on home to the loved ones
The ones I left waiting so far behind
I want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home
I want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home