Take the long way home

Take the long way home 


Intro
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   So you think you’re a Romeo, playing a part in a picture show
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Well take the long way home, take the long way home
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‘Cause you’re the joke of the neighborhood, why should you care if you’re feeling good
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Well take the long way home, take the long way home
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   But there are times that you can feel you’re part of the scenery, all the greenery is coming down boy
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 And then your wife seems to think you’re part of the furniture, ooh it’s peculiar, she used to be so nice

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   When lonely days turn to lonely nights, you take a trip to the city lights
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And take the long way home, take the long way home
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You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the galary
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You take the long way home, take the long way home
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   And when you’re up on the stage it’s so unbelievable, unforgettable, how they adore you
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 But then your wife seems to think you’re losing your sanity, ooh it’s calamity, ooh there is no way out

Solo
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   Well does it feel that your life’s become a catastrophe, ooh, it has to be for you to grow boy
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 When you look through the years and see what you could have been,
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Ooh, what you might have been if you had had more time
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   So when the day comes to settle down, well who’s to blame if you’re not around
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You took the long way home, you took the long way home, you took the long way home,
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You took the long way home, you took the long way home, you took the long way home

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You took the long way home, you took the long way home,
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Aaaahhh,   Aaaahhh,   Aaaahhh
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Long way home, long way home, long way home, long way home