Tom Jones Detroit City song lyrics

Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City

I dreamed about them cotton fields and home

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

And I dreamed about the girl whose been waiting for so long

I wanna go home

I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home!

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City

From the letters that I write, they think I'm just fine, yes they do

But by day I make the cars and 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

You know what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna take my foolish pride

Get it on a south bound freight and let it ride

I'm gonna go back to the loved ones

The ones I left waiting so far behind

I wanna go home, yeah

I wanna go home

Oh, how I want to go home!

Can't you hear me?

I wanna go home

Oh, baby, I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home!

Somebody help me

I wanna go home, yeah

I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home!