(As recorded by Glen Campbell)
(From the album `A Satisfied Mind`)
If you miss the train I`m on
You will know that I am gone
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
I`m 500 miles away from home
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
Lord I can`t go back this a`way
This a`way, this a`way, this a`way, this a`way
Lord I can`t go back this a`way
Well, I`m walking these ties,
With tears in my eyes
Trying to read a letter from my home
From my home, from my home, from my home, from my home
Trying to read a letter from my home
If this train`s running right
I`ll be home by Saturday night
I`m 500 miles away from home
Away from home, away from home, away from home. away from home
I`m 500 miles away from home