Detroit City

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cotton fields back home
I dreamed about my mother
Dear old papa sister and brother
I dreamed about the boy that'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 sing in bars
If only they could read between the lines

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

I rode a Greyhound bus way up north Detroit City
It seems like after all this time maybe I've been wastin' mine
Think I'll take my foolish pride
Put it on a Southbound dog and ride
Looking for that boy who's been waiting for so long

I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh how I want to go home

I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh how I want to go home

Go home