If you miss the train I'm on Then you know that I'll be gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles A hundred milesa hundred milesa hundred milesa hundred miles You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Lord I'm onelord I'm twolord I'm threelord I'm four Lord I'm 500 miles away from home 500 miles500 miles500 miles500 miles Lord I'm 500 miles away from home Not a shirt on my backnot a penny to my name Lord I can't go-a-home this-a-way This-a-waythis-a-waythis-a-waythis-a-way Lord I can't go-a-home this-a-way