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 those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother
Dear old papa, sister and brother
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
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
By day I make the cars
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 just 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 that I left waiting so far behind
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh, how I wanna go home