Detroit CityArtist: Tom Jones (peak Billboard position # 27 in 1967)previously a # 16 hit for Bobby BareWords and Music by Danny Dill and Mel TillisLast night I went to sleep in Detroit CityI dreamed about them cotton fields of homeI dreamed about my mother, dear old pappy, sister and brotherAnd I dreamed about the girl who's been waitin' for so longI wanna go homeI wanna go homeOh, how I wanna go homeHome folks think I'm big in Detroit CityFrom the letters that I write they think I'm just fine, yes they doBut by day I make the cars and by night I make the barsIf only they could read between the linesSPOKEN [ 'cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit CityAnd after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my timeYou know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna take my foolish prideGet it on a southbound freight and let it rideI'm gonna go back to the loved onesThe ones I left waiting so far behind]I wanna go home, yeahI wanna go homeOh, how I wanna go home [Can't you hear me?]I wanna go homeWhoa, baby I wanna go homeOh, how I wanna go home [Somebody help me]I wanna go home, yeahI wanna go home, whoa ohOh, how I wanna go homeFADE Hmm, I wanna go homeTranscribed by Ronald E.
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