When lonely days....

turn to lonely nights

You take a trip to the city lights.....

Take the Long Way Home

Roger Hodgson

So you think you're a Romeo

You're playing a part in a picture show

Well, take the long way home

Take the long way home

But you're the joke of the neighborhood

Why should you care if you're feeling good?

You take the long way home

Take the long way home

But there are times that you feel

You're part of the scenery

All the greenery is coming down, boy

And then your wife seems to think

You're part of the furniture

Oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice

When lonely days turn to lonely nights

You take a trip to the city lights

And take the long way home

Take the long way home

You never see what you wanna see

Forever playing to the gallery

You take the long way home

Take the long way home

When you're up on stage

It's so unbelievable

Unforgettable, how they adore you

But then your wife seems to think

You're losing your sanity, oh, calamity

Oh, is there no way out?

Does it feel that your life's

Become a catastrophe?

Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy

And when you look through the years

And see what you could have been

Oh, what you might have been

If you'd had more time

So when the day comes to settle down

Well, who's to blame if you're not around?

You took the long way home

Take the long way home

Take the long way home

Take the long way home

Take the long way home

Take the long way home

Take the long way, take the long way

Take the long way home

You took the long way home

Long way home, long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

Took the long way home

You took the long way home