Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City, 昨天晚上，我去了底特律城睡觉，

and I dreamed about those cotton fields at home. 我梦想着在家里的棉花田。

I dreamed about my mother, 我梦见我的母亲，

dear old Papa, Sister and brother, 亲爱的爸爸，姐姐和弟弟，

   

I dreamed about that girl 我梦见那个女孩

who's been waiting for so long. 谁一直在等待这么久。

I wanna go home, I wanna go home, 我想回家，我想回家，

oh, how I wanna go home! 哦，我是多么想回家！

   

Home, folks think I'm big in Detroit City. 家里，乡亲们认为我是在大底特律市。

From the letters that I write, they think I'm fine. 从我写的信，他们认为我很好。

But by day, I make the cars, 但到了第二天，我做的车，

and by night I make the bars, ，晚上我做了吧，

If only they could read between the lines! 只要他们能在字里行间！

   

[Spoken] [口语]

   

You know, 你知道，

I rode a freight train north to Detroit City. 我骑着一列货运火车北至底特律市。

After all these years, 毕竟这些年来，

I find that I've just been wastin' my time. 我发现，我一直在浪费自己的我的时间。

So I just think I'll take my foolish pride, 所以，我只是想我会带我的愚蠢的骄傲，

put on a south bound freight and ride, 换上了南行的货运和乘坐，

Goin' back to the love ones, 布莱恩回到爱的人，

The ones I left waitin' so far behind. 那些我留在等着远远落后。

   

I wanna go home, I wanna go home, 我想回家，我想回家，

oh, how I want to go home. 哦，我是多么想回家。