Detroit City Lyrics - Porter Wagoner

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home 

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 

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

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home 

The homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City 

From the letters that I write they think I'm fine 

By day I make the cars by night I make the bars 

If they could only read between the lines 

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home 

You know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City 

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

I believe of my foolish pride on a Southbound freight and ride 

Back to the loved ones I've left so far behind 

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home