500 Miles Away From Home

1. I'm five hundred miles away from home

Teardrops fell on mama's note,

Em

when I read the things she wrote.

She said "We miss you son, we love you, come on home"

2. Well I didn't have to pack,

Em

I had it all right on my back

Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

R: Away from home, away from home

Em

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home

*: I know this is the same coat

I took when I left home

But it sure looks different now

And I guess I look different too

But time changes everything

I wonder what they'll say,

When they see their boy lookin' this way

Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get home

3. Can't remember when I ate,

it's just thumb and walk and wait

And I'm still five hundred miles away from home

4. If my love had been just right,

I'd be with them all tonight

But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

R: +

Oh, I'm still five hundred miles away from home