FIVE HUNDRED MILES AWAY FROM HOME

(Bobby BARE/Charlie WILLIAMS)

Guitar intro

Well I'm five hundred miles away from home
Lord I know this is the same road I took the day I left home you see
But it sure looks different now Lord I guess I look different too
Cause you see time, time changes everything
And I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
I wonder what they'll say when I get home

Teardrops fell on Mama's note when I read the things she wrote
She said I love you son and miss you come on home
I didn't even have to pack I had my clothes right on my back
Coz I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home cold and tired and all alone
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Play it son!
Guitar break

Can't remember when I ate I just thumbed and walked and waited
And I'm five hundred miles away from home
If my luck it’d been just right Lord I'd be with them all tonight
And I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord I’m five hundred miles away from home

tomahawk wrote:

(Bobby BARE/Charlie WILLIAMS)

Guitar intro

Well I'm five hundred miles away from home
Lord I know this is the same road I took the day I left home you see
But it sure looks different now Lord I guess I look different too
Cause you see time, time changes everything
And I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
I wonder what they'll say when I get home

Teardrops fell on Mama's note when I read the things she wrote
She said I love you son and miss you come on home
I didn't even have to pack I had my clothes right on my back
Coz I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home cold and tired and all alone
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home

Play it son!
Guitar break

Can't remember when I ate I just thumbed and walked and waited
And I'm five hundred miles away from home
If my luck it’d been just right Lord I'd be with them all tonight
And I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord I’m five hundred miles away from home

Je suis à 800 bornes de chez moi
Seigneur, je sais que c'est la même route que le jour où je suis parti, Tu vois
Mais elle a vraiment l'air différente maintenant, Seigneur, je pense que j'ai l'air différend aussi
Car Tu vois, le temps, le temps change toute chose
Et je me demande ce qu'ils diront quand ils verront à quoi ressemble leur garçon
Je me demande ce qu'ils diront quand je serai de retour

Des larmes sont tombées sont sur le mot de maman quand j'ai lu ce qu'elle avait écrit
Elle disait "je t'aime fils, tu me manques, rentre à la maison"
J'ai même pas eu à faire mes bagages, mes vêtements étaient déjà sur moi
Pa'ce que je suis à 800 bornes de chez moi
Loin de chez moi, gelé et fatigué et tout seul
Seigneur, je suis à 800 bornes de chez moi

Peux pas me rappeler mon dernier repas, j'ai juste tapé le stop et marché et attendu
Et je suis à 800 bornes de chez moi
Si la chance ne m'abandonne pas Seigneur je serais parmi eux ce soir
Et je suis encore à 800 bornes de chez moi

En ce qui concerne le dernier couplet, j'ai :
Can't remember when I ate
I just thought no more can I Wait (j'ai juste pensé "je peux pas attendre plus longtemps).

Et bien sûr, Bebop a raison! On se rappelle tous "Et j'entends siffler le train..."(en 63, donc la version de Bobby Bare)