(Bobby Bare/Charlie Williams/Hedy West)
Tear drops fell on mama's note
When I read the things she wrote

She said, we miss you girl
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


It's hard to tell the state I'm in
Where I'm going, where I've been

But there's a dream I've been following so long
If mama knew the things I've done
She'd forgive them everyone

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


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


Lord, I'm still five hundred miles away from home