Bobby Bare - 500 Miles Away From Home Lyrics






I'm five hundred miles away from home.
Teardrops fell on mama'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 five hundred miles away from home.

Away from home, away from home
Cold and tired and all alone
Yes, I'm five hundred miles
Away from home.

I know this is the same road I took the day I left home
But it sure looks different now
Well, I guess I look different too cause time changes everything
I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
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 five hundred miles away from home
If my luck had been just right I'd be with them all tonight
But I'm still five hundred miles away from home.

Away from home, away from home
Cold and tired and all alone
Yes, I'm five hundred miles
Away from home...





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  1. D.... L....

    Add 700 to the 500..

  2. D.... ....

    my dad loved to play this.. reminds me of him everytime i hear this. I miss him

  3. n.... ....

    Classic country song. I love it!
    Great voice!

  4. K.... ....

    This song sound similar to the one Justine Timberlake made

  5. M.... S....

    When he talks he sounds like Elvis.

  6. J.... H....

    A great song by a great man. He deserves Kennedy Center Honors.

  7. J.... G....

    NASHVILLE!!! BOY!!! DID YOU TAKE A WRONG TURN!!! SING BOBBY SING!!! JOHNNY FROM ALABAMA

    J.... G....

    Makes a man wondering who's making the bribes getting so many to sell out. Originalities seem so rare as non existent..
    "Who's gonna fill there shoes"

  8. D.... T....

    I heard this when I was a kid and it always haunted me.My dad always listened to country western music.He passed away last year.

  9. D.... R....

    ❤ Shorty ❤ A.S.M.

  10. D.... R....

    About my short sweet Amanda ❤ Sue ❤ Miller Hanover indiana summer of 2019

  11. D.... R....

    Had it all rite on back Beutiful dareal Lynn Ruble 1-25-60

  12. J.... L....

    The fuck do you know about this one??

  13. F.... E....

    I was 5 centimeters from home
    And saw.. Greta the TunaFish
    Now we are 5000 Miles away

  14. e.... s....

    Great song

  15. J.... D....

    Classic country song. A real beauty. Good memories

  16. S.... T....

    MC 3a, where are ya?

  17. r.... ....

    Nothing like the original!! I love to hum (can't sing a note) this when I'm on the road.

  18. C.... G....

    2019???

  19. B.... h....

    I love this song when I don't know if im having a good day or a bad day but all I now is that I'm 500 hundred miles away from home

  20. R.... E....

    You are so far away from us. Sgt1st Class Carl Jenkins how we miss you. Please stay safe I only pray the Army rememberers you soon. Rach

  21. L.... B....

    Dad's favorite song ! He's gone now but this song reminds me of him . Here tonight in September 2019 .

  22. G.... F....

    Who are the 65 people who don't know a good country song when they hear one

    G.... F....

    I grew up on this kind of music..it takes me back to the hum of an 8track tape player in a 79 LTD my dad had.. The smell of leather interior..fresh lit cigarette..and a mild hint of bourbon.. Ride me down easy is a good one too..

  23. r.... P....

    Charlie Williams was a song writter and him and benny joy wrote songs together. Look up one dozen roses by george Morgan. Same melody. Big hit before this song.they also wrote this song

  24. B.... T....

    Another great song ending to a Last Chance U segment. Perfect!

  25. Q.... H....

    I hate this song.

    Q.... H....

    Yet you made a conscious effort to click on it.

  26. J.... R....

    Tear drops fell on momma's note when I read what she wrote

  27. p.... h....

    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


    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
    Oh I'm still 500 miles away from home

  28. L.... J....

    No one did this song as well as Bobby! Makes today's so called country sound like the fake useless shit that it is.

  29. T.... G....

    Good old drinking songs Aussie t g ✌️👍

  30. F.... R....

    I could never get tired of listening to this song, been doing so for decades.

  31. J.... P....

    Lonle richey

  32. D.... B....

    One of the best voice in country music history!

  33. S.... P....

    thanks, that's nice

  34. D.... B....

    If this busts you up, try sea of heartbreak by Bobby bare.

  35. R.... S....

    One of the first songs with a key change I learned to play on my guitar. Still one of my favorite country songs. I love how he talks the verse in this one a d in Detroit City and in Streets of Baltimore.

  36. W.... C....

    I luv Bobby Bare this is my fav: since I was a child 🌸💛🌸

  37. L.... S....

    This is country music compared to crap they say is country today.

  38. T.... H....

    Die Sonne geht gerade unter und wir sitzen auf dem Balkon, mit einem Glas Sekt in der Hand und hören
    "500 Miles". Einfach nur Geil😃 ♥️. Thanks Mr. Bare. 👍👍

  39. H.... M....

    June 2019 Still love it

    H.... M....

    Me too..

    H.... M....

    Heck ya

  40. M.... L....

    Beautiful music. Thx.

  41. R.... B....

    500 miles and 5 years in prison away from home.
    Brings a whole new meaning to this song......

  42. H.... A....

    I first found this song by chance when tramping around Europe liveing in a tent with my girlfriend lol I aways listen to it now makes me laugh

  43. R.... E....

    no i ain't,,

  44. E.... B....

    ..........A TIMELESS COUNTRY CLASSIC.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. c.... ....

    The ONLY time in my life I ever heard this song was at a school talent show when I was a kid. The Coots siblings (from my little town) sang this. The tune stuck in my mind these 45 years. Today (May 5, 2019) is my first time ever hearing it sung by anyone other than my classmate Mike Coots and his siblings. So glad I thought to search out this song on YouTube today! (BTW - they sang it well!)

  46. D.... V....

    Next stop will not be here, but I sure hope it will u

  47. M.... M....

    A song for all the truckers who are on the move every day and for weeks

  48. m.... p....

    Congressmen women socialist sluts.

  49. B.... B....

    i want die. i need to die.

  50. s.... ....

    anyone in aPRIL 2019?

    s.... ....

    @starlight-n love that song to.

    s.... ....

    @Raymond Petherick where are u from..im from malaysia

    s.... ....

    @starlight-n I'm from Australia

    s.... ....

    @Raymond Petherick nice to meet u

    s.... ....

    @starlight-n
    Aug. 2. From Ga., USA!!! 🇺🇸

  51. D.... G....

    Country's not country anymore sad.

  52. J.... J....

    500 miles away from my extended family Baltimore Maryland but I'm home

  53. P.... C....

    Hearing this as a kid on Dads car radio was larger than life.

  54. A.... H....

    Good trucking music

    A.... H....

    It's actually based on an old railroading song, "Train 45".

    A.... H....

    I'm sorry but it's nothing like "Train 45". https://youtu.be/pA6wUkP2eDU

    A.... H....

    It's actually based on this song by Peter, Paul and Mary "500 Miles (The Railroaders Lament) or on other singers versions of the same song.

    https://youtu.be/ADN1lLEp3H0

  55. R.... K....

    Take me back to the good old days. I was happy, content, and was goal oriented. Today im sad, depressed, and have cancer!!!

    R.... K....

    Keep your head up. You may need be where you wanna, but God has you where he needs you. Keep the Faith, and keep punchin'! You will be in our prayers! 😇

  56. G.... M....

    Been there. Done that.

  57. D.... B....

    Excellent music!

  58. l.... C....

    Distansce is not importent here! It`s feeling of it! Dumb people is many here!

  59. L.... J....

    Great song writing seems to be a lost art,i just don't think we will ever have music of this feeling ever again.the world likes fake trash now sadly.

  60. R.... B....

    One of my Dad's favorite songs! He had the record, as a kid, I was the record changer, used to sit and sing with him on the back porch while my Mom cooked dinner! He loved Merle, too! Those memories I cherish! Miss him!

  61. N.... T....

    This is country. Today is pop country

    N.... T....

    Today's "country" is a shadow of it's former self. Like someone who's had too much plastic surgery-barely recognizable! 😭😱😢😖😫

  62. S.... T....

    Bobby Bare is great. Guy

  63. P.... F....

    This is how I feel 500 hundred milles away from home Bobby Bare ,,I really am

    P.... F....

    Hey you like my Comment ,,so are you up ,,Good Morning ,,glad you're sticking with me !

  64. J.... B....

    When I went to the army I gave that song to my mother rip mom love you.

    J.... B....

    Jc Brown. You sound like a great son I’m sure she never forgot that

  65. M.... ....

    What is the original year? I so dislike when a poster posts no information!

  66. B.... P....

    I love this song by Bobby Bare 💙 makes me cry 😢 gets to me everytime 😭 a beautiful song..

  67. r.... ....

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  68. D.... P....

    Just moved 500 miles back to In. From Ga.

    D.... P....

    You need to get back to Ga. Indiana sux! 😫

  69. j.... r....

    The sound of what great country music is supposed to sound like,unlike today.

    j.... r....

    I agree, if I played guitar I would sing this one It's my favorite.

  70. L.... V....

    Today's country music ain't country. It has gone the hip-hop route but um still glad I can sit here in my chair with YouTube and able to listin to the real country music that is true pure country music its got songs for all the feelings we go through as a person. Let country be reborn to what it was back then. With songs like this.

  71. D.... F....

    You can't kill me

  72. l.... s....

    beautiful ... I'm touched!

  73. E.... w....

    Nobody is any near to Bobby Bare.....
    Eddy Willy Berg
    Bergen
    Norway

  74. B.... C....

    yes imiss my Carver Family in Conn love to all

    B.... C....

    This song can make ya homesick..

  75. S.... K....

    Einfach nur super klasse 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 oft imitiert aber nie zu erreichen

  76. B.... L....

    Amazing! Old country is so much better than the crap today.

    B.... L....

    Brian London ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THE CRAP TODAY.

  77. I.... W....

    My BABE LOVES THIS SONG, reminds him of the church song “ONE IN HIM”

  78. L.... H....

    I can’t stop crying when I listen to this one. The best version of this song ever recorded.

    L.... H....

    I do too, it reminds me of my parents and grandparents and their songs and just the way they lived.

    L.... H....

    it's a sad song ,yeah being far from homes hell

    L.... H....

    I consider myself a tough guy who never cries but this song and his song “Detroit City” both bring me to tears.

  79. J.... l....

    When I head on that Interstate I'm Not Looking Back cuz I'm going home where I belong I'm not the same but I'm going to be the man to go to go back home

  80. A.... N....

    I heard this song once setting on my bus listening to a classic country station..and l just could not wait for that Eagle to carry me home..

  81. B.... T....

    Ya what's sad?.....about half of life I've searched & prayed & waited extra patiently for the Good Lord above to give me a woman..... *yes* .....a woman who would make a very special & loving & caring mother to our future children. ~Dearly & sincerely, Ben.

    B.... T....

    Is she there yet?

  82. L.... D....

    people can talk all they want but you just can't beat those old classic songs back in the 50s, 60 and 70s !

    L.... D....

    That is so correct

    L.... D....

    Lloyd Dailey What’s interesting is they don’t even put them on the playlist anymore. They push the new country sound it’s all about record sales not a good old times

    L.... D....

    @Michael Martin Today's so call country crap. Real Country is dead

  83. b.... k....

    similar in India
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE7C35WxKno

  84. L.... B....

    About three quarters of my family died loving this song so I cry every time I here this song.😿😭😭

    L.... B....

    Me also God Bless

    L.... B....

    God bless you.

    L.... B....

    I know what it’s like to be alone. I can tell you you’re really not alone you have your memories. Keep moving forward do you have your life to live you can do it

    L.... B....

    @Rohan. I know you can do it !! Look deep inside you’ll find it I’m certain

  85. L.... M....

    Yeah. I always will love country. Now I'm not talking about California Hip Hop mixed in with beer, trucks, and girls they call country. I'm talkin about some good ole' Texas country.

    L.... M....

    I second that

    L.... M....

    I third!!

    L.... M....

    I forth...

    L.... M....

    Modern country, or 90 percent of modern music is degenerate trash sadly. All pushes the same agenda.

  86. C.... M....

    Das war eine sehr schöne Zeit

    C.... M....

    Es war wirklich

  87. W.... C....

    Memories of my oldest brother f Avalon curley nez perce 💚❤💚🎇🎆🎇🎆rip easy rest brother 😰😧😥😥😰😓😭😻😿😽

    W.... C....

    RIP .... Miss my family too... Dine' Love from N.N.

  88. H.... S....

    Mama Papa I’m coming home

  89. H.... S....

    Love it

  90. A.... B....

    this song breaks my heart but damn i love it

  91. C.... S....

    Even though I'm 12 and Yung I love this song 😄😃😃😃

    C.... S....

    I'm only 3 and I love this song. LOL

    C.... S....

    @Phil Carroll From your picture life hasn't been kind to you in your 3 years, or you're on your dad's account, lol.

    C.... S....

    You love one of the very best!

    C.... S....

    Choosie Snow Yung = Young

    C.... S....

    @spectrumlocalb191
    Maybe he/she is Chinese! Lol

  92. J.... C....

    HUGE hit in 1963...

  93. B.... F....

    love love this song and Bobby does it best its one of my favorites!

  94. g.... ....

    There are a lot of artists who performed this but Bobby Bare does it best.

    g.... ....

    nobody....does it better !!!!!

    g.... ....

    So true

    g.... ....

    Gene Vincent had also a great cover of this song

    g.... ....

    I heard Bobby perform this live in plant city Florida March 10th 2019.
    He sounded great.
    Along with Bill Anderson they performed great.
    What a breath of fresh air real country music like this is.

  95. T.... S....

    It's a shame that great country songs like this one are not recorded anymore.
    Most new so called "country" songs are just mainstream pop songs. The soul is just not there.

    T.... S....

    You are right

    T.... S....

    Start singing songs yourself, maybe record some. Don't wait for others to do it, it won't happen. If you like it others will too. Me for one. I like the old ones too. If you play guitar then sing too. Be an inspiration to others. Lol

    T.... S....

    @Nathan Goetschy Since you play so many instruments it's a shame not to play for others. It might help to think of others they might really like it, it could be encouraging for you to take that step.

    T.... S....

    They will come again

    T.... S....

    Yep I agree , you a good reply !

  96. e.... p....

    Man can this man sing Mercy.

  97. J.... O....

    I HAD IT ALL RIGHT ON MY BACK

    J.... O....

    JAMES O ALRIGHT

    J.... O....

    JAMES O

  98. M.... R....

    I'm five hundred miles away from home.
    Teardrops fell on mama'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 five hundred miles away from home.

    Away from home, away from home
    Cold and tired and all alone
    Yes, I'm five hundred miles
    Away from home.

    I know this is the same road I took the day I left home
    But it sure looks different now
    Well, I guess I look different too cause time changes everything
    I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
    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 five hundred miles away from home
    If my luck had been just right I'd be with them all tonight
    But I'm still five hundred miles away from home.

    Away from home, away from home
    Cold and tired and all alone
    Yes, I'm five hundred miles
    Away from home...

    M.... R....

    I wondor what they will say when I get home

    M.... R....

    Yeah such an ausome song its should be played on radio often here and now.

  99. h.... ....

    this was music...nothing like todays crap country

    h.... ....

    Real country has been lost for years sadly. I don't think pop with southern accents is country.

    h.... ....

    This kind of music is actual country

    h.... ....

    Hahahaha Im 13 and I love this song and I don’t listen to rap

    h.... ....

    @Creatives_Mädchen _ Thats good !

    h.... ....

    Creatives_Mädchen _ no one gives a shit about your age and what you do and don’t listen to