DETROIT CITY

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

And dreamed about the life I leaved at home

I dreamed about my mother

 Dear old papa, sister and brother

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

I wanna go home ....

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 by night I make the bars

 If they could only read between the lines

I wanna go home ....

Cause you know I took a freight train north to Detroit City

And after all these years I find

 that I've just been wasting my time

So I think I'll take my fodish pride

And put it on the freight train south and ride

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

I wanna go home ....