Nine Hundred Miles

[Verse 1]
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Oh, I'm walkin' down this track
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And I'm never turning back;
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Next time you see me I'll be home,
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There's a train a comin' soon,
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I'll be there next Sunday noon,
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'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
 
[Verse 2]
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Lord I'm hungry, and I'm sore
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Like I've never been before
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Never have I been so all a-lone,
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Now I'm on a one way track
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And I'm never turnin' back;
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Yes, I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
 
[Verse 3]
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I've been lonely, I've been blue;
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Darling, I've been to true to you;
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There's an aching in my heart, you've never known,
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Make my bed and light the light'
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I'll be with you Sunday night,
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'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
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Hear that whistle blow;
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Can-cha you hear that whistle blow?
 
[Verse 4]
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Won-cha try to understand,
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I was born a rambling man.
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Just like a gypsy I have roamed.
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Now those days are all behind,
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Got a woman on my mind
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And I'm nine hundred miles from my home.
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Hear that whistle blow;
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Can-cha you hear that whistle blow?