Gonna get up early in the morning gonna get down to the train Gonna head out south on the 6:15 a gonna start living again There's a place on the st john river that i know will fill the bill When the sun goes down on me tonight i'll be home in jacksonville Home in jacksonville Spent two years in detroit city tryin' to save up a little bit of dough The pay was good but a homesick feelin' kept this poor boy feeling low I couldn't forget that gal i left her face is haunting me still But she'll be waiting at the coast line station when i get to jacksonville Get to jacksonville In jacksonville the sun shines warmer and the women know how to treat you Detroit ain't got no long white beaches where the women run down to meet you All they do in detroit city is put wheels on the cold road steel When the sun goes down on me tonight i'll be home in jacksonville Home in jacksonville