Detroit City

I wanna go home 
I wanno go home 
Oh, how I wanna 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 that girl who's been waiting for so long

I wanna go home 
I wanno 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 fine
But by day I make the cars 
By night I make the bar 
If only they could read between the lines

As you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit city 
And after all these years I find 
I've just been wasting my time
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride and 
Put it on a south-bound freight and ride  
Going back to the loved ones, the ones I left waiting so far behind

I wanna go home 
I wanno go home 
Oh, how I wanna go home