Lyrics:

I'm five hundred miles away from home
Teardrops fell on mama'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
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 that I took the day I left home
But it sure looks different now
And I guess I look different too
'Cause time changes everything
And I wonder what they will say
When they see their boy out on his way
Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get home
I can't remember when I ate
It's just thumb and walking stick
And I'm still 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 still five hundred miles away from home
Oh, I'm still five hundred miles away from home
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
(Still five hundred miles away from home)