If you miss the train I’m on
Then you’ll know I’m gone
Lord, I’m five hundred miles from my home
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord, I’m five hundred miles from my home
 
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
Lord, I can’t go home this-a-way
This-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way
Lord, I can’t go home this-a-way
 
Lord I’m one, Lord I’m two, Lord I’m three, Lord I’m four
Lord I’m five, five hundred miles from my home, from my home
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord, I’m five hundred miles from home
 
If you miss the train I’m on
Then you’ll, you’ll know I’m gone
Lord, I’m five hundred miles from my home
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord, I’m five hundred miles
Yes I’m five hundred miles from my home
Lord, I’m five hundred miles from my home