Five Hundred Miles Away from Home

Five Hundred Miles Away from Home - Bobby Bare

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 wonder what they'll say

When I can home

Can't remember when I ate

It's just thumb and walk and wait

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 five hundred miles away from home

But I'm still five hundred miles away from home