I made five hundred miles in six hours flat   Trying to make up for lost time   I been beatin' a path to your mama's door   To set things between us right      Between the hands of fate and a lot of hard luck   This ain't been no gravy train   And I didn't come this far just to walk away      I slung a rod just east of Memphis   And that heap of a truck shut down   So for nine cold hours I thumbed my way   Straight to the guitar town      And the last twelve miles to your mama's house   I hiked through the pouring rain   And I didn't come this far just to walk away      I could have turned around a thousand times   And went back to where I'm from   I'd go an extra million miles   If I could save what's left of us      It was a burning love that drove me here   And girl, I hope and pray   That I didn't come this far just to walk away      I know that this front door ain't the only thing   That stands between you and me   Things I've said and the wrong   That I've done ain't undone easily      But I'm gonna prove my love to you   No matter what it takes   'Cause I didn't come this far just to walk away      Oh, I could have turned around a thousand times   And went back to where I'm from   But I'd go an extra million miles   If I could save what's left of us      Oh, it was a burning love that drove me here   And girl, I hope and pray   That I didn't come this far just to walk away   Oh, I didn't come this far just to walk away