If you missed the train I'm on

You will know that I am gone

You can hear the whistle

blow a hundred miles

A hundred miles, a hundred miles,

A hundred miles, a hundred miles

You can hear the whistle

blow a hundred miles

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two,

Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four

Lord, I'm five hundred

miles away from home

Away from home, away from home,

Away from home, away from home

Lord, I'm five hundred

miles away from home

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A hundred miles, a hundred miles,

A hundred miles, a hundred miles

You can hear the whistle

blow a hundred miles

Not a shirt on my back

Not a penny to my name

Lord, I can't go back home this ole way

This ole way, this ole way,

This ole way, this ole way,

Lord, I can't go back

home this this ole way