Take the Long Way Home (album version)

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.
'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.
There are times that you feel you're a part of the scenery.
All the greenery is coming down, boy.
And then your wife seems to think you're a 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.
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 yeah.
Yeah.
Oooooh, 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've 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 when if you're not around?
You took the long way home.
You took the long way home.
You took the long way home. (Do it again.)
You took the long way home.
You took the long way home. (Oh yeah.)
You took the long way home.
You took the long way home. (Ooh, yeah.)
You took the long way home.
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah.
Long way home.
Long way home.
Long way home.
Long way home.
Long way home.
Long way home.
Long way home.