I wanna go home, i wanna go home, oh how i Wanna go home Last night i went to sleep in detroit city And i dreamed about the 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 chorus 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 they could only read between the lines Chorus Recitation Cause you know i road a freight train north to Detroit city And after all these years i find i've just been Wasting my time So i think i'll take my foolish pride and put it on a South bound freight And ride and go back to the loved ones The ones i left behind Chorus