I wanna go home I wanna go home I wanna go home Last night I went to sleep in detroit city I dreamed about those cotton fileds of home I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother I dreamed about that girl whos been wating 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 just fine 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 that I rode a freight train north to detroit city and after all these years I find that I've just been wasting my time So I'm gonna take my foolish pride get it on a south bound freight and let it ride I'm gonna go back to the love ones the ones I left watin' so far behind I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I want to go home