Five Hundred Miles

Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Teardrops fell on Mama's nose

When I read the words she wrote

She said, "Son, we sure do miss you, come on home"

Well, I really didn't have to pack

All I owned was on my back

Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

I've been here, I've been there

I've been just about everywhere

But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

If you miss the train I'm on

You will know that I have gone

You can hear that whistle blow five hundred miles

Hundred miles, a hundred miles

Hundred miles, a hundred miles

You can hear the whistle blow five hundred miles

A hundred miles, a hundred miles

A hundred miles, a hundred miles

You can hear that whistle blow five hundred miles

Lord, I know things are gonna look different when I get home

If I ever get home

I remember the day I left

I told my mama and my daddy

I was going up North and make something of myself

Even wrote my daddy and told him I was on the hog

He told me to take a bite out of him and ride him back home

'Cause he ain't have no money to give me

Five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

I can't remember when I ate

It's just some walkin' wait

You can hear the whistle blow five hundred miles

If my luck had been just right

I'd be there with you tonight

Yet I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Lord, it's one, Lord, it's two

Lord, it's three, Lord, it's four

Lord, it's five hundred miles away from home

Lord, it's one, Lord, it's two

Lord, it's three, Lord, it's four

Lord, it's five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home, away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home