*Five Hundred Miles* If you missed 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 five hundred miles away from home Away from home, away from home Away from home, away from home Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home Not a shirt on my back Not a penny to my name Lord, I can't go back home this ole way This ole way, this ole way This ole way, this ole way Lord, I can't go back home this this ole way If you missed 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 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Me, being the son of a father who avidly loved this song would often hear him hum the tunes all my childhood. Back in maybe 2013 my father played this video on our family computer and together with my mother I sat through. Now almost ten years later, I'm nineteen only in first year of med school and sitting on my bed at 3AM as I'm listening, mind goes back to those days; missing my parents at home.....i can only reminisce of those days now. I'll only thank my father(baba) for this. To all the folks, love and peace ✌️
So many years, so many songs, so many memories, so many heart breaks, nothing made me distant from this song. My heart still melts the same it did when I first heard this song. ❤. This song is just one more thing to be grateful about ❤
Indian Bollywood great musicc director stole this tune and made his song a super hit without giving any credits.... Funny thing is indians have no problem in it...
Legends who know this song's melody was inspired by Bollywood that went on to become one of massive hits of all time as well. ✨Jab koi baat bigad Jaye✨
Thank you for uploading a precious and rare video. I heard this song was about the lonliness of seasonal workers in the rural area in the US, but it meant much more than me. It was a song of good-old-day America with full of hopes and dreams, and I used to love and admire such a wonderful country !
A Canadian, Ian Tyson wrote it about a breakup and leaving to go to Alberta Canada. Others have admired this song and covered it including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and John Denver to name a few. Btw the writer was friends with Bob Dylon who had just written Blowing in the wind.
So sad to watch this video and see the innocence of the pre-Vietnam war, pre Kennedy assassination, young people. A lot of beauty and idealism. Made me cry.
