If you miss the train I'm on Then you'll know that I have gone You can hear the whistle blow, a hundred miles A hundred miles, a hundred miles A hundred miles, ONE hundred miles You can hear the whistle blow, a hundred miles Teardrops fell on mama's note When I read the things she wrote She said, "We miss you, hon, we love you, come on home." Well, I didn't have to pack I had it all RIGHT on my back Now I am five hundred miles away from home [01:29.11 Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home [02:05.11 Never lead me back to you I'm always five hundred miles away from home Away from home, away from home Always out HERE on my own I am still five hundred miles from home I am still five hundred miles from home