If you miss the train I'm on

Then you know that I'll be gone

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

A hundred milesa hundred milesa hundred milesa hundred miles

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles



Lord I'm onelord I'm twolord I'm threelord I'm four

Lord I'm 500 miles away from home

500 miles500 miles500 miles500 miles

Lord I'm 500 miles away from home



Not a shirt on my backnot a penny to my name

Lord I can't go-a-home this-a-way

This-a-waythis-a-waythis-a-waythis-a-way

Lord I can't go-a-home this-a-way