500 miles


Teardrops fell on mama's note when I read the things she wrote
She said we miss you son we love you come on home
Well I didn't have to pack I had it all right on my back
Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home cold and tired and all alone
Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home

It's hard to tell the state I'm in where I'm going where I've been
But there's a dream I've been following so long
If mama knew the things I've done she'd forgive them every one
But I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home...
[ guitar ]
Can't remember when I ate it's just thumb and walk and wait
And I'm still five hundred miles away from home
If my luck had been just right I'd be with them all tonight
But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home...
Lord I'm still five hundred miles away from home