Detroit City Lyrics - Flatt And Scruggs

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City and dreamed about the life I left at home 

I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother 

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

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how 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 and by night I make the bars 

If they could only read between the lines 

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home 

Cause you know 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 just think I'll take my foolish pride and put it on a Southbound freight and ride 

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

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home