Detroit City

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about the cotton fields back home
And I dreamed about my mother
Dear old father, sister, brother
I dreamed about the girl
Who's been waiting there so long

I want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how 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
And by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

'Cause you know
I took a ride north from Detroit City
And after all these years
I find that I've been wasting time
So I'll take my foolish pride
Put it on that south-bound train and ride
Go back to the ones I love
I left behind

I want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home

I want to go home
I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home