Detroit City

DANNY DILL, MEL TILLIS

I want to go home, I want to go home,
Oh, how I want to go home!

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City,
And I dreamed about those cotton fields at home.
I dreamed about my mother,
Dear old Papa, Sister and brother,
I dreamed about that girl
Who's been waiting for so long.

I want to go home, I want to go home,
Oh, how I want to go home!

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,
And by night I make the bars,
If only they could read between the lines!

[Spoken]
You know,
I rode a freight train north to Detroit City.
After all these years,
I find that I've just been wastin' my time.

So I just think I'll take my foolish pride,
Put on a south bound freight and ride,
Goin' back to the love ones,
The ones I left waitin' so far behind.

I want to go home, I want to go home,
Oh, how I want to go home.

Trivia about the song Detroit City by Dean Martin

On which albums was the song “Detroit City” released by Dean Martin?
Dean Martin released the song on the albums “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife” in 1970, “Hurtin' Country Songs” in 1999, and “Sings Country” in 1999.
Who composed the song “Detroit City” by Dean Martin?
The song “Detroit City” by Dean Martin was composed by DANNY DILL, MEL TILLIS.

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