If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Yes, I'm one, yes, I'm two, yes, I'm three, yes, I'm four, 
yes, I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home, 
Yes, 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 back home this-a way.
This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way, 
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.

So if you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.