Detroit City

I wanna go home I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home Last night I went To sleep in Detroit City And I dreamed about The cotton fields and home I dreamed about my mother Dear old Papa, sister and brother And I dreamed about that 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 fine 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 the freight train North to Detroit City And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time So I think I'll take my foolish pride And put it on A Southbound freight and ride And go on back To the loved ones The ones, I left behind I wanna go home I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home