Letra de
500 Miles

500 miles, también conocida como Lamento del ferroviario, es una canción popular americana de la década de 1960 escrita por Hedy West. Refleja la melancolía y el anhelo de alguien lejos de casa y sin medios para regresar, hablando literalmente de estar a 500 millas de distancia de casa.

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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