If you miss the train I'm on, 
 You will know that I am gone,
 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. 
 hundred miles, a hundred miles,
 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. 
 hundred miles, a hundred miles,
 hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.