Tear drops fell on momma's note

When I read the things she wrote

She said we miss you son

We love you please come on home

Well I didn't have to pack

I had it all right on my back

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 to me now

And I guess I look different too

Time changes everything

I wonder what they'll say

When I come home

Away from home away from home

Cold and tired and all alone

Yes I'm 500 miles away from home

Can't remember when I ate

It's just thumb walk and wait

But 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 I'm 500 miles

Yeah I'm still 500 miles away from home

500 Miles Away From Home - Lonnie Donegan