Detroit City

Last night I went to sleep in detroit city

I dreamed about them cotton fields of home

I dreamed about my mother dear old pappy sister and brother

And I dreamed about the girl who's been waitin' 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 just fine yes they do

But by day I make the cars and 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 find I've just been wastin' my time

You know what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna take my foolish pride

Get it on a southbound freight and let it ride

I'm gonna go back to the loved ones

The ones I left waiting so far behind

I want to go home yeah

I want to go home

Oh how I want to go home

Can't you hear me

I want to go home

Whoa baby I want to go home

Oh how I want to go home

Somebody help me

I want to go home yeah

I want to go home whoa oh

Oh how I want to go home

Hmm I want to go home