Hi there.
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If you miss the train I'm on,
You will know that I am gone, "
1. 'I'm gone' mean 'I've left'?
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Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, "
2. Does 'Lord' refer to God? How come the song keeps repeating 'Lord'? Is it kind of praying?
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Not a shirt on my back,
Not a penny to my name. "
3. I think the lines describe the writer is a poor guy. Is it OK to say, "John doesn't have a shirt on his back" or "John doesn't have a penny to his name"?
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Lord, I can't go back home this away.
This away, this away, "
4. Does 'this away' mean there's a quite distance (500 miles)?
Is it OK to rephrase it, "I can't go back home this far"? With no meaning changes.
Thanks in advance.
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The Song
Five Hundred Miles. Song Lyrics