Last night I went to sleep
In Detroit City
I dreamed about them cotton fields
And home
I dreamed about my mother
Dear old sister, papa and brother
Dreamed about that sweetheart
Who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh, Lord, I wanna go home
Now home folks
They think I'm big in Detroit City
And 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
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh, Lord, I wanna go home
One day I just had that freight train north
I rode it to Detroit City
And after all these years
I find I've just been wasting my time
So I think I'll just take my foolish pride
Put it on a southbound freight and ride
Go on back to the loved ones
I left waiting for behind
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh, Lord, I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Ooh
I wanna go home
Ooh
I wanna go home
Ooh
I wanna go home