Teardrops fell on Mama's note When I read the thing she wrote She said, we miss you, son, we love you Please come home Well, I did not have to pack All my clothes is on my back I'm five hundred miles from my home Away from home, away from home Cold and tired and all alone Yes, I'm five hundred miles from my home I knew that it was the same note That I took when I left home But it sure looks different to me now I guess I do too Time changes everything I wonder what they'll say When I come home Away from home, away from home Cold and tired and all alone Yet I wonder what they'll say When I come home I can't remember when I ate It's just thumb and walk and wee But I'm still five hundred miles from my home If my love had wings of sprite I'd be home with them all tonight Instead of five hundred miles from my home Away from home, away from home Cold and tired and all alone Yes, I'm five hundred miles, five, five hundred miles Yet I'm so far away from home