Detroit City
Written By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)
Performed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
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I wanna go home....I wanna go home
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Oh, how I wanna go home.
[Verse]
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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 mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,
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and I dreamed about the girl.... who?s been waiting for so long.
[Chorus]
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I wanna go home....I wanna go home
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Oh, how I wanna go home.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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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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By day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars
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If only they could only read between the lines...
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Cause you know... I rode a freight train north to Detroit City,
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And after all these years , I find I?ve just been wasting my time.
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So I just think I?ll take my foolish pride
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and put it on a south bound freight and ride
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and go on back to the loved ones
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The ones I left waiting so far behind
[Chorus]
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I wanna go home....I wanna go home
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Oh, how I wanna go home.
[Outro]
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