Detroit City

Detroit City - Brendan Dugan

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

And I dreamed about those cotton fields at home

I dreamed about my mother

My dad sister and brother

I dreamed about the girl

Who's been waiting for so long

I wanna go home I wanna go home

Oh Lord I wanna go home

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City

From the letters I write home they think I'm fine

'Cause the day I make the cars

And the 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 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

And goin' back to the love ones

The ones I left behind

I wanna go home I wanna go home

Oh Lord I want to go home

I wanna go home

I wanna go home