I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Oh how I wanna go home
last night
I went to sleep
in Detroit city
And I dreamed
about them
Cotton fields of home
I dreamed
About my mother
dear old pappy
Sister and brother
I dreamed
About the girl
who's been waitin'
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
by night
I make the bars
if only they could
Read between the lines
'cause you know
I rode a freight train
north to Detroit city
And after
all these years
I find I've just been
wastin' my time
You know what
I'm gonna do
I'm gonna take
my foolish pride
Get it on
a southbound freight
And let it ride
I'm gonna go back
To the loved ones
the ones I left
Waiting so far behind
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
oh how I wanna
Go home~
I wanna go home~