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 detraoit 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



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