If you miss the train I'm on,
you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles (fine)
|: A hundred miles, a hundred miles :|
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,
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.
|: 500 miles, 500 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 a-home this a-way.
|: This a-away, this a-way :|
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way.
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