Detroit City

I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh Lord, 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
And I dreamed about that girl
whose been waitin' for so long.

I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh Lord, 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.

I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh Lord, I want to go home.

I rode a freight train north to Detroit city
After all these years I've been wasting my time
I'll take my foolish pride
on a southbound freight and ride
Go on back to the ones
EI've left waitin' so far behind

I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh Lord, I want to go home.