Intro
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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.
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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
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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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