Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother
Dear old Papa, Sister and Brother
And I dreamed about the 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
Yes they do
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 a freight train north to Detroit City
After all these years I find 
I've just been wastin' my time
You know what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna take my foolish pride,
Put on a south bound freight and ride
I'm gonna go back to the love ones
The ones I left waitin' so far behind"

I wanna go home, yeah
I wanna go home
Oh, how  wanna go home

Can't you hear me
I wanna go home, oh
I wanna go home
Oh, how  wanna go home

Somebody help me
I wanna go home, yeah
I wanna go home, ohh
Oh, how  wanna go home

Ohh, I wanna go home.....

