Detroit City Lyrics - Roy Drusky

Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City 

And I dreamed about those cotton fields back home 

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

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

I wanna go home, I wanna go home 

Oh, Lord, I wanna go home 

Home folks 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 only they could read between the lines 

You know I rode the freight train, north to Detroit City 

And after so many years, well, I find that 

I just wasted my life here all alone 

I believe I'm gonna put my foolish pride 

On a Southbound freight and I'm gonna ride 

That's what I'm gonna do 

I'm gonna go back to that girl who loves me 

And who's waited so long 

I wanna go home, I wanna go home 

Oh, Lord, I wanna go home 

I wanna go home, I wanna go home