Lyrics:

I wanna go home (2x)
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
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home

Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm 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 wasting my time

So I just think I'll take ol' Charley Pride
Put him on a Southbound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones
The ones that I left waiting so far behind

I wanna go home (2x)
Oh Lord I wanna go home
I wanna go home (3x)