Take the Long Way Home

So you think you're a Romeo
Playin' a part in a picture-show
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 feelin' good?
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' 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 playin' 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 unbelievable
Oh, unforgettable
How they adore you
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
Oh, calamity
Or is there no way out? Oh

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 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

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah

Long way home
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home

Long way home
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home

Long way home
Long way home