You know last night I went to sleep in Detroit City And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sisters and brothers I dreamed about that love who's been waiting there for so long I wanna go home I wanna go home Oh how I wanna 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'd just read between the lines But now I wanna go home I wanna go home Oh how I wanna go home You know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time Think I'll put my foolish pride on a Southbound train and ride Head on back to the loved ones I left waiting there behind I wanna go home I wanna go home I wanna go home I wanna go home