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's 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 New Year's in Detroit city Trying to save up a little bit of dough The pay was good, but a homesick feeling 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 coastline station When I get to Jacksonville Get to Jacksonville In Jacksonville, the sunshine's warmer And the women know how to treat ya Detroit ain't got no long white beaches Where the women run down to meet ya 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