Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
  And I dreamed about the cottonfields and home
  I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother
  I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long
  I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
  Now homefolks 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 and at night I make the bars
  If only they could read between the lines
  I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
  I rode the freight train north to Detroit City
  And after all these years I find that I've just been wastin' my time
  So I think I'll take my foolish pride get on a Southbound freight and ride
  And go on back to the loved ones all the loved ones that I left waiting so far behind
  I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
  Oh Lord I wanna go home