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Detroit City

Mel Tillis - Danny Dill

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

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 cotton fields 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 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 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 been wastin' my time
I believe of my foolish pride on a Southbound freight and ride
Back to the loved ones I left so far behind

I wanna go home I wanna go home
Oh Lord I wanna go home

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