[1] All winter I've been working making [4] cars in [1] Detroit
But tomorrow morning I'll be checkin' [5] out
I'm [1] leavin' this old city and the [4] hard times that I [1] had
I'm leavin' Detroit [5] I'm headin' [1] South

[1] I'm going where the [4] southern breezes [1] blow
I'm tired of Detroit's weather wind and [5] snow
[1] Don't look for me tomorrow 'cause to-[4]-night I'm checking [1] out
[6m] I'm leaving Detroit [5] I'm headin' [1] South

I can smell the mountain laurel and the honeysuckle bloom
I taste that Southern cooking in my mouth
I miss the ones that love and the good times that I had
I'm leaving Detroit I'm headin' South