if you meet 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, 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 500 miles from my home
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
lord i'm five hundred miles from my home

not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
lord i can't go a home this so way
this so way, this so way, this so way, this so way
lord i can't go a home this so way

if you meet the train i'm on you will know that i am gone
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles