Detroit city
Mell tillis, Dunny Hill Last night I went to sleep in the Detroit city I dreamed about those cotton fields back home I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother I dreamed about the girl who's been waiting 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 and by night I make the bars If only they could read between the lines * Rerain Cause you know I rode a frieght train north to Detroit city And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time So I think I'll just take my foolish pride and put it On the southbound freight and raid And go on back to the loved ones the ones I left waiting so far behind