Bobby Bare - Detroit City


Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

I dreamed about them cotton fields of home

I dreamed about my mother, dear old pappy, sister and brother

And I dreamed about the girl who's been waiting for so long

I wanna go home I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City

From the letters that I write they think I'm just fine, yes they do

But by day I make the cars and by night I make the bars

If only they could read between the lines

SPOKEN
[ 'cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna take my foolish pride
Get it on a southbound freight and let it ride
I'm gonna go back to the loved ones
The ones I left waiting so far behind]


I wanna go home, yeah I wanna go home Oh,

how I wanna go home [Can't you hear me?]

I wanna go home Whoa, baby I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home [Somebody help me]

I wanna go home, yeah I wanna go home, whoa oh

Oh, how I wanna go home Hmm, I wanna go home

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

I dreamed about them cotton fields of home

I dreamed about my mother, dear old pappy, sister and brother

And I dreamed about the girl who's been waiting for so long

I wanna go home I wanna go home Oh, how I wanna go home

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City

From the letters that I write they think I'm just fine, yes they do

But by day I make the cars and by night I make the bars

If only they could read between the lines

SPOKEN
[ 'cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna take my foolish pride
Get it on a southbound freight and let it ride
I'm gonna go back to the loved ones
The ones I left waiting so far behind]


I wanna go home, yeah I wanna go home Oh,

how I wanna go home [Can't you hear me?]

I wanna go home Whoa, baby I wanna go home

Oh, how I wanna go home [Somebody help me]

I wanna go home, yeah I wanna go home, whoa oh

Oh, how I wanna go home Hmm, I wanna go home
Bobby Bare - "Detroit City" ((Oslo 1964))

From Oslo, Norway April 1964 . Jim Reeves and his band The Blue Boy.The Anita Kerr singers was shoir.

Bobby Bare "Detroit City"

Bobby Bare performing "Detroit City" at Music City Roots live from the Loveless Cafe on 11.14.2012.

Bobby Bare