Detroit City Lyrics - Ferlin Husky

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City 

And I dreamed about the 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 want to go home I want to go home oh Lord I want to go home 

Now home folks 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 and at night I make the bars 

If only they could read between the lines 

I want to go home I want to go home oh Lord I want to go home 

I rode the freight train north to Detroit City 

And after all these years I find that I've just been wastin' my time 

So I think I'll take my foolish pride get on a Southbound freight and ride 

And go on back to the loved ones all the loved ones that I left waiting so far behind 

I want to go home I want to go home oh Lord I want to go home 

Oh Lord I want to go home 

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