Detroit City Songtext
von John Doe and The Sadies

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