Detroit City

You know 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, sisters and brothers

And I dreamed about a love who's been waiting there so long

I want to go home

I want to go home

Oh how I want to go home

My kinfolks think I'm big in Detroit city

From all the letters that I write, they think I'm fine

By day I make the cars

But, by night I make all the bars

Oh if only they's just read between the lines

They'd know I want to go home

I want to go home

Oh how I want to go home

You know I rode a freight train north to Detroit city

And after all these years I find I've been wasting my time

Think I'll put my foolish pride on a southbound train and ride

Heading back to the loved ones I left there waiting behind

I want to go home

I want to go home

Oh how I want to go home

My kinfolks think I'm big in Detroit city

From all the letters that I write, they think I'm fine

By day I make the cars

But, by night I make all the bars

Oh if only they's just read between the lines