(Mel Tillis - Danny Dill)

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 those cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother dear, old papa, sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long.

I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Oh Lord, I wanna go home.

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Homefolks 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.

'Cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time
So I just think I'll take ol' Charley Pride
Put him on a Southbound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones
The ones that I left waiting so far behind.

I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Oh Lord, I wanna go home.

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I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home...