Detroit City - Bobby Bare - Detroit, MI - Immortalized in Lyrics on Waymarking.com

"Detroit City" is a country song written by Mel Tillis and Danny Dill. It was originally recorded in Nashville in April 1963, and released in May of that year by country singer Bobby Bare.

The song won Bobby Bare a Grammy Award for best country song of 1963. it peaked at #6 on the Country charts and #4 on the Contemporary Charts, spending 18 weeks on the Billboard lists. (Wikipedia)

Musician: bobby Bare Name of Song: Detroit City Relevant Verse: 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 waitin' for so long I want to go home I want to go home Oh, 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 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 'cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' 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 want to go home, yeah I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home (Can't you hear me?) I want to go home Whoa, baby I want to go home Oh, how I want to go home (Somebody help me) I want to go home, yeah I want to go home, whoa oh Oh, how I want to go home Hmm, I want to go home... Read more: Bobby Bare - Detroit City Lyrics | MetroLyrics Location website: [Web Link]

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