Lyrics of
500 Miles

500 miles, also known as Railroaders Lament, is an American folk song from the 1960s written by Hedy West. It portrays the melancholy and longing of someone far from home and without means to return, literally discussing being 500 miles away from home.

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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 500 miles from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can't go a home this a way
This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way,
Lord I can't go a 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
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