I'm five hundred miles away from home.

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.

I know this is the same road I took the day I left home

But it sure looks different now

Well, I guess I look different too cause time changes everything

I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way

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

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

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes, I'm still five hundred miles

Away from home

Oh, I'm still five hundred miles

Away from home...