500 Miles Away from Home

If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am gone

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four

I'm 500 miles away from home.



Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name

Lord, I can't go back this a'way

This a'way, this a'way, this a'way, this a'way

Lord, I can't go back this a'way.



Well, I'm walking these ties with tears in my eyes

Trying to read a letter from my home

From my home, from my home, from my home, from my home

Trying to read a letter from my home.



If this train's running right I'll be home by Saturday night

I'm 500 miles away from home

Away from home, away from home, away from home. away from home

I'm 500 miles away from home...