Five Hundred Miles Away from Home - Bobby Bare

Written by：Bobby Bare/Charlie Williams

Lord I'm 500 miles away from home

Teardrops fell on momma's note

When I read the things she wrote

She said we miss you son

We love you come on home

Well I didn't have to pack

I had it all right on my back

And I'm 500 miles away from home

Away from home away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes I'm 500 miles away from home

I know this is the same

Road I took the day I left home

But it sure looks different now

And I guess I look

Different too cause time changes

Everything I wonder what

They'll say when they see

Their boy looking this bad

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 still 500 miles

Away from home

If my luck had been just right

I'd be with them all tonight

But I'm still 500 miles away from home

Away from home away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes I'm 500 miles away from home

Lord I'm still 500 miles away from home