Il testo della Detroit city

Last night, i went to sleep in detroit city
And i dreamed about those cotton fields back home
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother
And i dreamed about that girl who's waited for so long

I wanna go home, i wanna go home
Oh, lord, i wanna go home

Home folks think i'm big in detroit city
From the letters that i write they think i'm fine
By day i make the cars, by night i make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

You know i rode the freight train, north to detroit city
And after so many years, well, i find that
I just wasted my life here all alone

I believe i'm gonna put my foolish pride
On a southbound freight and i'm gonna ride
That's what i'm gonna do
I'm gonna go back to that girl who loves me
And who's waited so long

I wanna go home, i wanna go home
Oh, lord, i wanna go home
I wanna go home, i wanna go home