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I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh Lord, I want to go home

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother
Dear old papa, sister and brother
And I dreamed about that girl
Whose been waitin´ for so long

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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

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I rode a freight train north to Detroit city
After all these years I´ve been wasting my time
I´ll take my foolish pride
On a southbound freight and ride
Go on back to the ones
I´ve left waitin´ so far behind

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