Classic Country Detroit City Lyrics

Detroit City Lyrics

I  want to go home, I want to go home,

Oh  Lord, 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,

whose been  waitin' for so long,



I want to go  home, I want to go home,

Oh  Lord, 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,

by  night I make the bars,

If  only they could read between the  lines,



I want to go  home, I want to go home,

Oh  Lord, I want to go home,



I rode a  freight train north to Detroit city,

After all  these years I've been wasting my time,

I'll  take my foolish pride,

on a  southbound freight and ride,

Go on  back to the ones,

EI've left waitin' so far  behind,



I want to go  home, I want to go home,

Oh  Lord, I want to go  home.