George Jones Detroit City Lyrics

Detroit City Lyrics

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