Detroit City

I want to go home I want to go home oh how 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 who's been waiting for so long I want to go home I want to go home oh how I want to go home [ guitar ] Old 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 all the bars If only they could read between the lines Now you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City And I've drove this while I find I've just been wastin' my time So I think I'm gonna pack up my foolish pride put it on that Southbound train and ride And I'll go back to the loved ones the ones I left behind I want to go home I want to go home oh how I want to go home [ guitar ]