I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home   Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City   And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home   I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother   And I dreamed about the girl that's been waiting for so long   I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home   [ guitar ]   Now the homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City   From the letters that I write they think I'm just fine   By day I make the cars and by night I'm a makin' the bars   Lord if only they could read between the lines   As you know I rode a long black freight train way up north to Detroit City   But after all these years I find that well I've just been wastin' my time   But you know what I think I'm gonna do folks I'm gonna take my foolish pride   And put it on a Southbound freight and ride   I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home