Take the Long Way Home

So, you think you're a Romeo, playing a part in a picture show

Well, take the long way home, take the long way home

'Cause you're the joke of the neighbourhood

Why should you care if you're feelin' good

Well, take the long way home, take the long way home

There are times that you feel you're part of the scenery

All the greenery is comin' 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 want to see, forever playing to the gallery

You take the long way home, take the long way home

When you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable

Oh, unforgettable, how they adore you

But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity

Oh, calamity, is there no way out

Oh, yeah

Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe

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

When you look through the years and see what you could have been

Oh, what you might have been, if you would have more time

So when the day comes to settle down

Who's to blame if you're not around

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

You took the long way home

Long way home

Long way home

Long way home

Long way home

Long way home

Long way home