I want to go home, I want to go home, Oh Lord, I want to go home,
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city, And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home, I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother, And I dreamed about that girl, whose been waitin' for so long,
I want to go home, I want to go home, Oh Lord, 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 want to go home, I want to go home, Oh Lord, I want to go home,
I rode a freight train north to Detroit city, After all these years I've been wasting my time, I'll take my foolish pride, on a southbound freight and ride, Go on back to the ones, EI've left waitin' so far behind,
I want to go home, I want to go home, Oh Lord, I want to go home.