500 Miles Away From Home (Ralph Emery's Country Legends Homecoming Vol 2 album version) - Bobby Bare
Oh 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
Now 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 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
But I'm still 500 miles away from home