Lyrics:

Last night I went to sleep
In Detroit City
And I dreamed about them
Cotton fields and home

I dreamed about my mother
Dear old papa, sister and brother
And I dreamed about that girl
Who's been waiting for so long

I wanna go home
I wanna go home
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, 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

['Cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years
I find that I've just been wastin' my time
You know what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna take my foolish pride
Get on a south bound freight and let it ride
I'm gonna go back to the love ones
The ones I left waitin' so far behind]

I wanna go home
I wanna go home
How I want to go home

Can you hear me?

I wanna go home, baby
I wanna go home
How I want to go home

Somebody help me

I wanna go home
I wanna go home
How I want to go home

I wanna go home...