Too Many Miles
Words and Music by Harry Chapin

Sittin' here by the long steel rails
Waitin' for a train to come
Yonder sleeps a little town
Fadin' with the settin' sun

Sittin' here wathcing evening fall
Singin' a lonesome tune
And if the train don't come 'til midnight
I guess I'll sing it to the moon

Too many miles
Too many miles from home
Too many miles
Too many miles alone

Well I tried to hitch a ride all day
But the cars kept a passin' by
I don't know where I'm going Babe
But I know the reason why

I'm trying to find one certain town
Just one special place
Where waiting with a special smile
There'll be one special face

Too many miles
Too many miles from home
Too many miles
Too many miles alone

I've been thinkin' as I'm waitin'
As the hours come and go
There's many a night I've spent like this
And there's many more I'll know

And the funny thing about it all
Though I ain't got no home
I know that each man find his restin' place
Where he ain't all alone

Too many miles
Too many miles from home
Too many miles
Too many miles alone