500 Miles

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
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If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone 
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You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles, 
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A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
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You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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Got no shirt on my back, not a penny to my name 
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Lord I can't go back home this a way 
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This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way, 
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Lord I can't go back home this a way.  

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[Verso 3]
 
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Lord I walk in these ties with tears in my eyes 
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I'm trying to read a letter from my home 
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From my home, from my home, from my home, from my home 
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Lord I'm trying to read a letter from my home 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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If this train's running right, I'll be home tomorrow night 
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Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home 
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Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home 
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Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home