Detroit City Lyrics

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mamma dear old papa sister and brother
And I dreamed about the girl who has 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 fine
But by day I make the cars by night I'm a makin' the bars
If only they could read between the lines

recitation:

As you know I rode a long black freight train

Way up north to Detroit City

But after all these years I find that well

I've just been wastin' my time

But you know what I think I'm gonna do folks

I'm gonna take my foolish pride

And put it on a Southbound freight and ride


I wanna go home I wanna go home
Oh how I wanna go home

Jerry Lee Lewis - Country Collection

Apr 2000

1. Heartaches By The Number
2. Green Green Grass Of Home
3. Help Me Make It Through The Night
4. Detroit City
5. King Of The Road
6. I'm So Lonesome I Coul Cry
7. Break My Mind
8. Sweet Dreams
9. Reuben James
10. Another Place Another Time
11. Before The Next Teardrop Falls
12. Pick Me Up On Your Way Home
13. What's Made Milwaukee Famous
14. Louisiana Man
15. Middle Age Crazy
16. I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
17. She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
18. Today I Started Loving You Again
19. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
20. There Stands The Glass