500 MILES

by Hedy West


1. If you missed the train I'm on
   You will know that I have gone
   You will hear that whistle blow 500 miles

Ch.1. Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
      Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
      You will hear that whistle blow 500 miles

2. Got no shirt on my back
   Not a penny to my name
   Lord I can't go back home this away

Ch.2. This away, this away
      This away, this away
      Lord I can't go back home this away

3. Lord I walk in these ties
   With tears in my eyes
   I'm trying to read a letter from my home

Ch.3. From my home, from my home
      From my home, from my home
      Lord I'm trying to read a letter from my home

4. If this train's running right
   I'll be home tomorrow night
   Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Ch.4. Away from home, away from home
      Away from home, away from home
      Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home