I was raised by two loving folks Raised me right, taught me how to be a man But now they're gone and left me all alone And I ain't got no place to call my home I got time to tell you about this girl I loved She was fine, gave me lovin' all the time But I left that girl to travel this road Now I'm five hundred miles from my home Five hundred miles from my home Five hundred miles and the loneliness won't leave me alone Five hundred miles from my home I lit out of towns and I never did look back Loved them girls and I headed down the track But my times grown short and mind's began to roam And I'm five hundred miles from home Five hundred miles from my home Five hundred miles and the loneliness won't leave me alone Five hundred miles from my home Now my body has took to shaking, my legs can't seem to stand There's a hole in my soul where there used to be a man The old home place sure sure sounds good tonight But, I'm five hundred miles from my home Five hundred miles from my home Five hundred miles and the loneliness won't leave me alone Five hundred miles from my home Five hundred miles and the loneliness won't leave me alone