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500 Miles
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WestIf you miss 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 get back home this ole way
This ole way, this ole way, this ole way, this ole way
Lord I can't get back home this ole way Recorded:
1966Reactions
No, Ive never been a folk music fan. May be because of the way the folkies served up their music in the UK around the time that this recording was made. I mean the Fair Isle Sweater and gum boots brigade with their jolly red faces and and a knowing twitch of the head. Anyhow back to the song, Elvis enjoying himself. Why not!
I am not a big fan of folk music so this particular song doesn't do anything for me.
I like this .Gene Vincent also recorded a great version of this song.
I like this song a lot. A pity he didn't recorded it properly. Songs like this one would have brighten up 1966 as musicyear for him.
Elvis obviously enjoyed folk music, so here we have another missed opportunity for his career. Imagine instead of a Kissin Cousins LP, we could have had a folk album in 1964 with him recording songs by Dylan & others. Another golden chance missed because of those damn stupid soundtrack albums that he actuallly hated doing. Imagine this concept. Elvis recording songs he actually enjoyed singing! Darin, Everlys, Dion they all did concept albums in the 60's. Such a mis-managed recording career.
This is just a private moment, luckily for us recorded so we can share those joyous moments Elvis had with his friends. So no serious attempt, just fooling around joyously.
when I was actually 500 miles away from home I played it often, I did have a shirt on my back but no pants..
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