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.
Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three, lord I'm four,
Lord I'm 500 miles away from my home.
away from my home away from my home away from my home away from my home.
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from my 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.
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.