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 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

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 Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home Away from home, away from home Away from home, away from home Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home 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 back home this-a way 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 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

There's only need, I love your need So much I'm losing me I cannot see the reason for the pain With hungry joy, I'll be your toy Just hoping you will play Without the hope, my body starts to fail Memories fade but the scars still linger Goodbye my friend Will I ever love again? Memories fade but the scars still linger Ohh ho I cannot grow, I cannot move I cannot feel my age The vice like grip of tension holds me fast Engulfed by you, what can I do? When history's my cage Look forward to a future in the past Memories fade but the scars still linger Goodbye my friend Will I ever love again? Memories fade but the scars still linger Woh woh The more I talk, the more I say The less you seem to hear I'm speechless in a most peculiar way Your mind is weak, your need is great And nothing is too dear For you to use to take the pain away Memories fade but the scars still linger Goodbye my friend Will I ever love again? Memories fade Now don't pretend, you can justify the end Memories fade but the scars still linger Woh woh, still linger Still linger, woh