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

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can't get back home this ole way
This ole way, this ole way, this ole way, this ole way
Lord I can't get back home this ole way