[Bear_in_RoseBear]

By the way, I happen to like "500 Miles Away From Home"...

500 Miles Away From Home
by Bobby Bare

I'm 500 miles away from home

Teardrops fell on momma'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 500 miles away from home

Away from home, away from home
Cold and tired, and all alone
Yes, I'm 500 miles away from home

SPOKEN:
I know this is the same road I took the day I left home,
but it sure looks different now.
And I guess I look different too,
cause time changes everything.
I wonder what they'll say, when they see their boy looking this bad.

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 500 miles away from home
If my luck had been just right
I'd be with them all tonight
But I'm 500 miles away from home

Away from home, away from home
Cold and tired, and all alone
Oh I'm still 500 miles away from home

[HairOfTheDog]

Sounds like a good song! - Wasn't the one I was quoting though! Mine is Peter, Paul & Mary

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 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 a-way 
This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way, 
Lord I can't go a-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. 

[Rose in RoseBear]

Can't remember when I ate
It's just thumb and walk and wait

Ooooo, that line just makes me shiver!