written by Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
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Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
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And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
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I dreamed about my mamma dear old papa sister and brother
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And I dreamed about the girl who has been waiting for so long
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I wanna go home I wanna go home
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Oh how I wanna go home
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Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
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From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
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But by day I make the cars by night I'm a makin' the bars
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If only they could read between the lines
recitation:
As you know I rode a long black freight train
Way up north to Detroit City
But after all these years I find that well
I've just been wastin' my time
But you know what I think I'm gonna do folks
I'm gonna take my foolish pride
And put it on a Southbound freight and ride
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I wanna go home I wanna go home
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Oh how I wanna go home
[Thanks to bob for tabs]