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Detroit City

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Detroit City

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I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Oh, how I want to go home

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

I dreamed about those cotton field back home

I dreamed about my mother my daddy sisters and brothers

And I dreamed about this girl who I left waiting for so long

I want to go home

See, I want to go home

Oh, how I want to go home

You see the homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City

From the letters that I write they think I'm doing 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

Because, you know

I caught a freight train to Detroit City

And after all these years I realized now

I've just been wasting my time

You know, what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna take this foolish pride

Get on a southbound freight and let it ride

And go back to those ones who love me

Those ones that are waiting for me

Waiting back behind

I wanna go home

Can you help me get back home

Somebody .... oh

Oh, how I want to go home home

I just got to get home

Oh, you see I got to get home

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