I wanna go home, I wanna go home Lord, how I want to go home Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city And I dreamed of those cotton fields and home I dreamed about my mother, my papa, sister and brother I dreamed about that girl who's been waitin' for so long I want to go home, I want to go home Lord, how I want to 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, by night I make the bars If only they could read between the lines I wanna go home, I wanna go home Lord, how I want to go home I rode a freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I've found I'm wasting my time So I'll take my foolish pride put her on a southbound freight and ride Go on back to the loved ones I've left so far behind I wanna go home, I wanna go home Lord, how I want to go home I wanna go home, I wanna go home Lord, how I want to go home