Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City I dreamed about them cotton fields of home I dreamed about my mother, dear old pappy, sister, and brother And I dreamed about the girl who's been waiting' for so long I want to go home I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City From the letters that I write they think I'm just 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 I want to go home I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home Cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I find I've just been wasting' my time I'm going to take my foolish pride Get it on a southbound freight and let it ride I'm going to go back to the loved ones The ones I left waiting so far behind I want to go home I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home I want to go home I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home I want to go home I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home Hmm, I want to go home