I travelled five hundred miles to get back home I travelled five hundred dirty miles to get back home I travelled five hundred miles to get back home When I got back there every single thing was going wrong I went to the coal man his face it sure was red He said some other fella has been sleeping in your bed I spoke to the coal man his face it sure was red He said some other fella has been sleeping in your bed I walked five hundred miles to get back home When I got back there every single thing was going wrong I walked five hundred miles to get back home I walked five hundred dirty miles to get back home I walked five hundred miles to get back home When I got back there every single thing was going wrong I spoke to the preacher his face it sure was red He was the man that's been sleeping in my bed I spoke to the preacher his face it sure was red He said "I am the man that's been sleeping in your bed" I walked five hundred miles to get back home I walked five hundred miles to get back home When I got back there every single thing was going wrong