500 Miles

Teardrops fell on mama's note

When I read the things she wrote

She said, "We miss you, son

We love you, come on home"

Well, I didn't have to pack

I had it all right on my back

Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home

I know this is the same road I took

The day I left home

But it sure looks different now

Well, I guess I look different too

'Cause time changes everything

Oh, I wonder what they'll say

When they see their boy lookin' this way

Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get home

Can't remember when I ate

It's just thumbin' and walkin' away

And I'm still five hundred miles away from home

If my luck had been just right

I'd be with them all tonight

But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home