中古年代 聊聊老歌、老人和老故事，留下一些個人歷史的痕跡。 (若有侵權或陳述不實敬請告知，將會刪除或予修正。)

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經常的一種情況，生活在鄉下的年輕人若家境不怎麼樣，往往不甘於跟隨父兄的腳步，從事較熟悉的勞動或低階的工作，然後平淡安穩的終其一生。有些就毅然的離鄉背井出外打拼，但多半是事與願違，或許只能混個勉強糊口，而即使感到痛苦，也羞於返回故里。這首《500 Miles》即是述說著這樣的一個異鄉遊子的心情。

這首歌應是改寫自美國早期的民謠，後翻唱者眾，包含有京士頓三重唱 ( Kingston Trio )、瓊‧拜茲 ( Joan Baez )等。但台灣歌友最熟悉的應該是Peter，Paul & Mary的版本 ( 1962 US #1 )，而我卻獨鍾Bobby Bare的版本，他除了將歌詞改寫，也加上了口白，其中旋律在第三段時由G轉為D調，然後再回到G調。雖然此版本在1963的鄉村單曲排行榜只獲得第10名，但Bobby Bare唱來確實有那股的滄桑味，尤其在影音開始時他說：這首歌也是他人生故事的一段經歷。

時代轉變得很快，現今通訊及交通均頗便捷，在外的異鄉遊子，恐很難可感受得到那種不得志又思鄉的苦楚了。




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...