I wanna go home I wanna go home
Oh, how I wanna go home.
Verse
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
And, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,
and I dreamed about the girl who?s been waiting for so long.
I wanna go home I wanna go home
Oh, how I wanna go home.
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Verse
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write , they think I'm fine.
By day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If only they could only read between the lines
Verse
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.
So I just think I?ll take my foolish pride
and put it on a south bound freight and ride
and go on 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.
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