If you miss the train I'm on
Then you know that Ill be gone
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home
Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three, lord I'm four
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can't go-a-home this-a-way
This-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way

Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home