You know last night I went to sleep in Detroit city 你知道昨天晚上我去了底特律城睡觉

And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home 我梦见那些棉田和家庭

I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sisters and brothers 我梦见我妈妈，亲爱的爸爸，兄弟姐妹

And I dreamed about a love who's been waiting there so long 我梦到爱谁是被等候在那里那么久

   

I want to go home 我要回家

I want to go home 我要回家

Oh how I want to go home 哦，我怎么想回家

My kinfolks think I'm big in Detroit city 我kinfolks觉得我在大底特律市

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

By day I make the cars 白天我做汽车

But, by night I make all the bars 不过，晚上我把所有的酒吧

Oh if only they's just read between the lines 哦，只要他们只是在字里行间

   

They'd know I want to go home 他们会知道我想回家

I want to go home 我要回家

Oh how I want to go home 哦，我怎么想回家

   

You know I rode a freight train north to Detroit city 你知道我骑着一列货运火车北城底特律

And after all these years I find I've been wasting my time 而这些年来，我发现后，我一直在浪费我的时间

Think I'll put my foolish pride on a southbound train and ride 想我会把我的愚蠢的骄傲在南下的火车和坐

Heading back to the loved ones I left there waiting behind 标题回到了亲人，我离开那里等待的背后

   

I want to go home 我要回家

I want to go home 我要回家

Oh how I want to go home 哦，我怎么想回家

My kinfolks think I'm big in Detroit city 我kinfolks觉得我在大底特律市

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

By day I make the cars 白天我做汽车

But, by night I make all the bars 不过，晚上我把所有的酒吧

Oh if only they's just read between the lines 哦，只要他们只是在字里行间