I'm five hundred miles away from home Teardrops fell on Mama's note When I read the thing she wrote She said, we miss you, son, we love you Come on home I didn't even have to pack I had it all right on my back Now I'm five hundred miles away from home Away from home, away from home Cold and tired and all alone Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home I know this is the same road I took the day that I left home But it sure looks different now Course, I guess I look different too Cause time changes everything I wonder what they'll say When they see their boy looking this way Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get home Can't remember when I ate It's just thumb and walk and wait And I'm five hundred miles away from home If my luck had been just right I'd be with them all tonight But I'm still five hundred miles away from home Away from home, away from home Cold and tired and all alone Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home Yes, I'm five hundred miles