500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME
(Bobby Bare / Hedy West / Charlie Williams)
Bobby Bare - 1963
Bill Anderson - 1964
Glen Campbell - 1964
Jerry Reed - 1972
Reba McEntire - 1995
Also recorded by:
Priestie Boys; Lonnie Donegan; Gene Vincent; Joe Simon.
(I'm five hundred miles away from home)
Teardrops fell on Mama's note
When I read the things she wrote
She said "We miss you, son, 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
SPOKEN: I know this is the same coat
I took when I left home
But it sure looks different now
And I guess I look different too
But time changes everything
I wonder what they'll say,
When they see their boy lookin' this way
SUNG: Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get 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
Away from home, away from home
Cold and tired and all alone
Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home
Oh, I'm still five hundred miles away from home
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As recorded by REBA McENTIRE:
Teardrops fell on Mama's note
When I read the things she wrote
She said "We miss you, son, 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 goin', where I've been
But there's a dream I've been followin' so long
If Mama knew the things I've done
She'd forgive them ev'ryone
But I'm still 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
(Instrumental Break)
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
Away from home, away from home
Cold and tired and all alone
Yes, I'm five hundred miles away from home
Lord, I'm still five hundred miles away from home
