[Verse 1]
If you miss 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way
This a-way, this a-way
This a-way, this a-way
Lord, I can't go a-home this a-way

[spoken]
Lord, i'm so far from home
I ain't got a thing that i can call my home
But i can hear that whistle blowin'
Gone fivе hundred miles from home
[Verse 4]
If you miss thе train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow five hundred miles...