Detroit City
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mamma dear old papa sister and brother
And I dreamed about the girl who has 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
But by day I make the cars by night I'm a makin' the bars
If only they could read between the lines
Recitation:
As you know I rode a long black freight train
Way up north to Detroit City
But after all these years I find that well
I've just been wastin' my time
But you know what I think I'm gonna do folks
I'm gonna take my foolish pride
And put it on a Southbound freight and ride
I wanna go home I wanna go home
Oh how I wanna go home