(So) If you miss this 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.

Yes I'm one, yes I'm two, yes I'm three, yes I'm four,

Yes I'm 500 miles away from home.

Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home

Yes, I'm 500 miles away from home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name

Lord I can't go a-home this a-way

This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,

Lord I can't go a-home this a-way.

Repeat Verse 1

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.