Detroit City Lyrics - The Storyteller: The Anthology 1960-1983 - Bobby Bare

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City 

I dreamed about them cotton fields of home 

I dreamed about my mother, dear old pappy, sister and brother 

And I dreamed about the girl who's been waitin' for so long 

I want to go home 

I want to go home 

Oh, how I want to 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 I've just been wastin' my time 

You know what I'm gonna do? 

I'm gonna take my foolish pride 

Get it on a southbound freight and let it ride 

I'm gonna go back to the loved ones 

The ones I left waiting so far behind 

I want to go home, yeah 

I want to go home 

Oh, how I want to go home (Can't you hear me?) 

I want to go home 

Whoa, baby I want to go home 

Oh, how I want to go home (Somebody help me) 

I want to go home, yeah 

I want to go home, whoa oh 

Oh, how I want to go home 

Hmm, I want to go home...