Detroit City

Detroit City - Tom Jones

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

and 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 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 wanna go home, yeah

I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home

Can't you hear me?

I wanna go home

Whoa, baby I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home

Somebody help me

I wanna go home, yeah

I wanna go home, whoa oh

Oh, how I wanna go home