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 go back home this-a way
This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way,
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way
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