Lyrics:

Im five hundred miles away from home
Teardrops fell on mamas note when I read the things she wrote
She said we miss you son we love you come on home
Well I didnt have to pack I had it all right on my back
Now Im five hundred miles away from home
Away from home away from home cold and tired and all alone
Yes Im five hundred miles away from home

I know this is the same road I took the day I left home
But it sure looks different now
Well I guess I look different too cause time changes everything
I wonder what theyll say when they see their boy looking this way
Oh I wonder what theyll say when I get home
Cant remember when I ate its just thumb and walk and wait
And Im still five hundred miles away from home
If my luck had been just right Id be with them all tonight
But Im still five hundred miles away from home
Away from home away from home...