500 MILES

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

Written by Hedy West, and originally released by Peter, Paul And Mary on their 1962 debut album Peter, Paul And Mary.

A Castiles setlist from autumn 1965 at the Reception Hall, Monmouth County, NJ, includes a song titled 500 MILES (read below). Most probably this is a cover of the song by Peter, Paul And Mary that was released 3 years earlier.

Available Versions

List of available versions of 500 MILES on this website: