Intro : (2x)
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 neighborhood
Why should you care if you're feeling good
Well, 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 comin' do --wn, boy
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furnitur e
Oh, it's pe culiar, she used to be - s o - n ice
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
And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbe lievable
Oh, unfor gettable, how they ad o - re you
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
Oh, ca lamity, oh is there no - w ay - o ut
Instrumental : (2x)
Does it feel that your life's become a cat astrophy
Oh, it has to be, for you to gr o - w, boy
When you look through the years and see what you could have be en
Oh, what you might have been, if you had ha--d mo--re time
So, when the day comes to settle down
Who's to blame if you're not around
You took the long way home (8x: )
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah
Long way home (7x )