Bobby Bare - "Detroit City (CRD)"

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I WANNA GO HOME, I WANNA GO HOME, OH HOW I WANNA GO HOME
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LAST NIGHT I WENT TO SLEEP IN DETROIT CITY
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AND I DREAMED ABOUT THE 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
CHORUS: ( I want a go home, I wanta go home, oh how I want a go home)
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HOMEFOLKS 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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BUT BY DAY I MAKE THE CARS, BY NIGHT I MAKE THE BARS
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IF THEY COULD ONLY READ BETWEEN THE LINES
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RECITATION
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CAUSE YOU KNOW I ROAD 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 THINK I'LL TAKE MY FOOLISH PRIDE &
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PUT IT ON A SOUTH BOUND FREIGHT AND RIDE
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AND GO BACK TO THE LOVED ONES THE ONES I LEFT BEHIND

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