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 miles, a hundred miles, 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 away from home 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, Lord I'm 500 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 can't go-a-home this-a-way