Seekers Five Hundred Miles Lyrics

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.

"500 Miles," is credited to Hedy West, Bobby Bare, and Charlie Williams. (From Stambler and Landon, "Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music." New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969.)

This well-known ballad about a man who is painfully far away from home became a folk staple through Peter, Paul and Mary's version on their No. I debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary (1962), and country-singer Bobby Bare's crossover Top 10 hit from 1963. In 1989, "500 Miles" was returned to the charts (No. 97) by The Hooters, a Philadelphia rock quintet, in an entirely new treatment. However, quieter renditions like The Kingston Trio's are closer to the true spirit of the song.
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