Detroit City

Danny Dill, Mel Tillis

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

Lord, how I want to go home

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city

And I dreamed of those cotton fields and home

I dreamed about my mother, my papa, sister and brother

I dreamed about that girl who's been waitin' for so long

I want to go home, I want to go home

Lord, 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, by night I make the bars

If only they could read between the lines

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

Lord, how I want to go home

I rode a freight train north to Detroit City

And after all these years I've found I'm wasting my time

So I'll take my foolish pride put her on a southbound freight and ride

Go on back to the loved ones I've left so far behind

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

Lord, how I want to go home

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

Lord, how I want to go home

Trivia about the song Detroit City by Hank Williams, Jr.

On which albums was the song “Detroit City” released by Hank Williams, Jr.?
Hank Williams, Jr. released the song on the albums “Live at Cobo Hall, Detroit” in 1969 and “Standing In The Shadows” in 1988.
Who composed the song “Detroit City” by Hank Williams, Jr.?
The song “Detroit City” by Hank Williams, Jr. was composed by Danny Dill, Mel Tillis.

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