by Bobby Hart & Dick Eastman
The other night I took the long way home,
Out past the old schoolyard,
It's funny how you keep it all inside,
Dreams they do die hard.
I closed my eyes and I could see your face
Somewhere back in time,
One summer night a million miles ago,
Back when you were mine.
Say yes, say no,
Say that I'm grabbing at shadows,
But, don't carve the words in stone,
I know it's late,
But, can't you see I was only
Taking the long way home?
Sometimes its easy to get all wrapped up
In trying to be free,
And all those dreams I sailed away to find,
Were right in front of me.
Say yes, say no,
Say that I'm grabbing at shadows,
But, don't carve the words in stone,
One of these days,
You're going to see I was only
Taking the long way home.
Although the letters stopped many years ago,
I'll show you even time could not keep this heart from letting go.
The other night I took the long way home,
Out past the old schoolyard,
It's funny how you keep it all inside,
Dreams they do die hard.
Say yes, say no,
Say that I'm grabbing at shadows,
But, don't leave me here all alone,
One of these days,
You're going to see I was only
Taking the long way home.
Say yes, say no,
But, don't leave me here all alone,
One of these days,
You're going to see I was only
Taking the long way home.
Say yes, say no,
But, don't leave me here all alone,
One of these days,
You're going to see I was only
Early in the morning, about a quarter to four
Me and my girlfriend walkin' out the door
We're heading for the car and we got right in
And that's when I noticed the shape she was in
She turned to me and said right out
Let's steer it awhile, let's steer it about
Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last
Well we drove down town and up in the woods
We drove around and around till I understood
I was holding the wheel, she was making out
And all this time I was driving about
She was fondling my hair and hugging my neck
And all I was thinking was, oh what the heck
Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last
I was looking in the mirror and to my surprise
There was two big red lights shining in my eyes
I pull over and he drove alongside
And out of his car and up to my right
He looked at her and she looked at him
And the next thing I noticed he got right in
Take the long way home, take the long way home
Make this night last
Take the long way home, take the long way home
Take the long way home, take the long way home
I'm driving down a dusty road
I've got nowhere to go
No place that I can call my own
On and on this road is burning
I'm leaving all this crap behind
The past is gone, the future's blind
Don't care how long it takes this time
On and on I'll take the long way home
The long way home
The long way home
If it's for me it's on the way home
Like fragments of a broken mind
I splinter by my own design
This search is not a waste of time
On and on this road keeps burning
My hands are glued upon the wheel
The road ahead is all I feel
The only thing left that's real
On and on I'll take this long way home
The long way home
The long way home
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own
What lies ahead
You cannot find for me
I set out on a great adventure
The day my Father started leading me home
He said there's gonna be some mountains to climb
And some valleys we're gonna go through
Well I had no way of knowing
Just how hard this journey could be
Cause the valleys are deeper
And the mountains are steeper
Than I ever would have dreamed
Chorus
But I know we're gonna make it
And I know we're gonna get there soon
And I know sometimes it feels like we're going the wrong way
It's just a long way home
I got some rocks in my shoes
Fears I wish I could lose
That makes the mountains so hard to climb
And my heart gets so heavy with the weight of the world sometime
There's a bag of regrets,
My should of beens and not yet
I keep on dragging around
And I can hardly wait for the day I get to lay it all down
Chorus
But I know that day is coming
And I know it's gonna be there soon
And I won't turn back even if the whole world says I'm going the wrong way
Cause It's just a long way home
When we can't take another step
Our Father will pick us up and carry us in His arms
And even on the best days
He said to remember we're not home yet
So don't get too comfortable
Which really all we are
Are just pilgrims passing through
Chorus
But I know we're gonna make it
And I know we're gonna get there soon
So I'll keep on singing and believing
What all of my songs say
Cause our God has made a promise
And I know that everything He says is true
And I know wherever we go,
He will never leave us
Cause he's gonna lead us home
Every single step of the long way home
We're Just taking the long way home
It's hard to say from where you stand
Exactly when it all began
But someplace there's a point you cross the line
You see the tears than stain your face
Mirrored in your make-up case
And know it's time to leave this place behind
Chorus:
It's a long way home
It's a long way home
It's a long way home
Trying to retrace your steps
All too easy to forget
Just which way to go
It's a long way home
Outside the sky is threatening
You slowly gather up your things
And wonder how you ever will explain
Walking out so self-assured
Yeah, you were gonna change the world
Walking back, a child in the rain
Chorus:
It's a long way home
It's a long way home
It's a long way home
How can you retrace the steps
You've been trying to forget
Still it's time to go
And it's a long way home
And if you lose your way
Just keep your eye upon that endless broken line
Throw bag beneath the bus
Sit among the curious
It happens to the best of us, you know
Chorus:
It's a long way home
It's a long way home
It's a long way home
Starting to retrace your steps
You learn to live with your regrets
Next stop heaven knows
It's a long way home
Such a long way
Ooh yea,mm mm mm, Lately I've been missin the little look in your eyes, that lets me know that everything will be okay tell me whats changed.
I find it hard to hold on to the butterflies that used to be inside.
You don't have to say a word it's written all over your face.
1-(So before), So before the night is through I want some time with you, here's what we're gonna do,mm yea.
2-Let's take the long way home, so we can be alone, and talk about what's goin on, pull on over to the side all we have is time (some time) so tell me what's on your mind, let's take the long way home, I can see that somethings wrong, boy you gotta let me know, while there's no one else around (no one else around) we can work it out, ooh yea, Lets take the long way home.
I know it's messed up but I know boy that we can get it together, it might be hard to say when we're havin doubts tryin to work it out, I know it seems easier to pull away, you see I want you to know that I will stay right here cuz we deserve another try, so let's just enjoy the ride.
Repeat 1
Repeat 2
Take a left right here on heartbreak avenue, it's where I first met you boy. You said you wanna take a spin that's how it all began so we can get back to lovin again.
Repeat 2 (x2)
(R Brewster-Spencer-Neeson)
Junk city late at night
room without windows
naked light
everybody's out of sight
Lonely lovers fantasise
drifting in and out of life
crying so far apart
chasing poison darts
shooting straight in for the heart
Junk city, junk time rules
some people never win
junk city, junk time fools
I'm on the street again
I said I'd never make it in the street
don't it taste so bittersweet
so tired of shifting sands
mirror tell me who's that man
you got the future in your hands
Junk city, late at night
room without windows, naked light
too late to start again
too afraid to make it end
ahhh -- you can help me now my friend
Junk city, junk time rules
some people never win
junk city, junk time fools
I'm on the street again
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You've got eyes but they can't see
What's inside a tv and they never look at me
You won't know and you're never claim to show
That special feeling inside
Oh how time flies when its got nowhere to go
Up to the skies and it only goes to show
I've waited here for you a long, long time
I think i'd better go
Long way home (x4)
So now you studied the changes
Have you lost your way
Through all the strangeness
And you got no more to say
It's a long way home, and the fists have flown
In the silence, there's nowhere left to run
It's the battle of our pending love
In the shadow of another smoking gun
When we dreamed this dream for the first it seemed
We could live this love for a lifetime....you and me
CHORUS:
I will not give up this fight
I will not lay down and die
I will not carry this heart of stone
I may not be your place to run
I may not be your kingdom come
I may stumble through this great unknown
But I will be all that is true
I will not give up on you
I was made to be with you alone
Cause you and me, we're gonna see...the long way home
It's a long way home, and crying is done
But the sorrow is still wet upon your face
Our colliding hearts sometimes break apart
But now the pieces are gathered up in grace
When we dream this dream for the last time we'll see
That we lived this love for a lifetime....just you and me
CHORUS
Too scared to go to proud to run
Here's your orders boy here's your gun
We're sending you off to Vietnam
Try to stay cool try to stay calm
Never seen nothin' but that Mid-Texas dirt
Never been on a flying machine
Your job now is to take this gun
And kill everything that you see
It's a long way home
Orange in the air
Fire on the ground
Them back up boys ain't no where around
There's smoke in the sky
You're screamin' to the sea
Oh God have mercy on me
It's a long way home
Got that medal on your chest
Now you got it made
But you're going back to a land of protest
And an empty hero's parade
Waking up in the dead of night
Screaming out your lungs
Jungle fires and trip bomb wires
And blazin' red turret guns
When the night is calling I shut another door
celebrating loneliness I've never known before
I miss a place to call my own - it's a long way home
In my open prison cell just everything I've got
disappeared in silence every word I've said is not
and now I'm lost all alone - it's long way home
It's a long way, but even longer for the blind
and I've been searching way too long
still I can't find the place where I belong it's a long way home
You see me suffer on my knees - I wish I knew just what it means
you watch us come, you watch us go - he tells me something I don't know
you've set me up, I thought I'm free - just tell me where you wanna be
Father
give me just a sign
that I'll survive
how can I stay alive
when guns shot fire
People
I can feel the hate
behind their eyes
insanity rules my life
got no tomorrow
It's such a long long way from home
and in my heart I can't go on
lost on this battlefield of hope
I feel so lonely
it's such a long way from home
my bleeding heart
can't take no more
another day of war
that's waiting on my way
Darling
there's so much pain
I keep inside
I couldn't believe my eyes
the sky's are burning
Help me
understand this fight
for wrong or right
what does it matter now
the world is dying
It's such a long long way from home
and in my heart I can't go on
lost on this battlefield of hope
I feel so lonely
it's such a long long way from home
my bleeding heart can't take no more
another day of war
is waiting on my way
It's such a long way from home
and in my heart I can't go on
lost on this battlefield of hope
I feel so lonely
it's such a long long way from home
my bleeding heart can't take no more
another day of war
is waiting on my way
(Dokken, Pilson, Lynch)
Sitting in the crossfire all alone
Waiting for a world to show the way
Tried to find a rose without a thorn
Such a foolish notion fades away
[If it's all] in my mind
Then why does it feel
Like there isn't any time
Walk the road [Follow the madness]
Of someone's path
Search for self [Well it doesn't mean you're wrong]
If you can
'Cause it's gonna be ['Cause it's gonna be]
A long way home
Wandering through the maze of all the fears
In the mind it makes no sense at all
Tell me not what I'm supposed to do
Crucify you christ without my cross
If it's all in my mind
Then why does it feel
Like I'm running out of time
Walk the road [Follow the madness]
Of someone's path
Search for self [Well it doesn't mean you're wrong]
If you can
'Cause it's gonna be ['Cause it's gonna be]
A long way home
Mythical past
Future behind me, shattered
I could not be
Someone beside
Take back my soul, my soul
Walk the road [Follow the madness]
Of someone's path
Search for self [Well it doesn't mean you're wrong]
If you can
'Cause it's gonna be
A long way home
Leave me out, get away
I gotta go
Long way home
Can't see through the trees
Leave me out, get away
Better run fast as I can
From the man - the dirty man - the old man
In my song
Run away, fly away
Long way home
Through the fields, the burning fields
Call my name
When you knock on the door
Go insane
When you knock on the door in my head
And it's beatin' like a drum
Tell me
Is it more of the same and
Where can I find it?
Tell me
Is she fighting for air and
Where does she come from?
Tell me
Leave me out, get away
I gotta go
Long way home
Can't see through the trees
Leave me out, get away
Better run fast as I can
From the man - the dirty man - the old man,
Run away when he's knocking on the door
What's she runnin' from?
I really don't know
Keep her runnin' it's a long way home
I hear the music - songs we know
I was five years old
When they came and took my daddy away.
Momma said, "He'll be back home a year from today.
I know you're young but I hope you understand,
These are the kind of things that happen to a man."
... oooooh...
I see her talkin' but I can't hear nothing;
Sweet salvation cover me.
Refrain:
Take me where I long to be,
Pick up and carry me;
Oh, I need your love
It's such a long way home.
Even though I fall sometimes,
Nothing here can change my mind.
Lord, I need your love,
It's such a long way home.
Daddy cried,
"Boy you'd better come home right now.
Momma's gone,
Sicknesstook her down.
I know you're young,
But I hope you understand,
These are the kind of things that happen to a man."
... ooooh...
I see him talkin' but I don't hear nothin';
Lookin' round but I can't see.
I touch fear but I feel nothin';
Sweet salvation cover me.
(Refrain)
All this pain locked up inside of me,
On my knees I prayed you'd set me free.
"I know you hurt,
But I really do understand;
I'm the one who held your pain when I became a man."
Speak to me so I hear something,
Turn my eyes so I can see.
You touch fear and I feel something,
Sweet salvation cover me.
You spend your life defending rights
And throw the rest away
You’re cold as ice you think it’s right
To lead our love astray
I see your face
Oh no my heart’s not beating any longer
There’s just a haze
I’m blinded, no this can’t be any wronger
You use your innocence to find the lonely road
Not makin’ any sense you get inside my soul
You want your independence granted yes I know
Yeah you’ll do anything to find the long way home
We spend our nights in senseless fights
These foolish games we play
So this ain’t real that’s how you feel
The same old things you say
You keep extinguishing our flame
I wonder why we bother
You preach not knowing who’s to blame
But does this really matter
You use your innocence to find the lonely road
Not makin’ any sense you get inside my soul
You want your independence granted yes I know
Yeah you’ll do anything to find the long way home
Well I guess it’s open season
Time to throw away all them memories
You seem to insist on taking the hard line
Wastin’ all our precious time
I know that times are tough
But that excuse ain’t good enough
Go on - go on
Keep taking that long way home
You keep taking that long way home
Taking that long way home
I'm kicking that stone down your street alone
And the walls criticize where I have gone
I'm throwing that stone through your open door
And the halls seem to tell me I am wrong
I'm taking the long way home
Where everything's overgrown
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow
I'm taking the long way home
Whatever may come and go
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow more than yesterday
Remember that wall where we used to hide
And the world seemed so dark and cold outside
Remember that field where we used to kiss
And the rain washed away our secret list
I'm taking the long way home
Where everything's overgrown
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow
I'm taking the long way home
Whatever may come and go
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow more than yesterday
Nobody's home and I feel lost inside
There's a clock counting down what's left of time
When you're all alone it's easy to hesitate
Like a girl listening to her heart break
I'm taking the long way home
Where everything's overgrown
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow
I'm taking the long, taking the long
Taking the long, taking the long
Taking the long way home
I'm taking the long way home
I'm taking the long way home
Where everything's overgrown
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow
I'm taking the long way home
Whatever may come and go
Just like the boy trying to give it away
I regret tomorrow more than yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday
i thought that you were driving or never thought to ask
all the while you left me in control
somehow i'm surviving it doesn't seem so hard
cos i'm not on this journey all alone
and i know the way i'm feeling but i just can't find the words
i go my own way down i fall again
i see the sunrise only taste the rain
what you remind me i already know
unless i follow every road with you
i take the long way home
you weren't supposed to find me i tried so hard to hide
i never thought you'd want to track me down
i thought that you disowned me every time i strayed
i guess i had it all the wrong way round
and i know the way i'm going but i just can't find the road
i go my own way down i fall again
i see the sunrise only taste the rain
what you remind me i already know
unless i follow every road with you
i take the long way home
and i know that i believe you but i just can't keep the faith
i go my own way down i fall again
i see the sunrise only taste the rain
what you remind me i already know
unless i follow every road with you
I drive these streets alone in silence
Another ride trying to clear my head
But all I hear is just the beat of my heart
I think of her but I see you instead
(Chorus)
And there's a thousand little lies
A thousand little reasons
For me to stay - for me to go
And there's a thousand little voices
Inside my head saying
Take the long way home
I tell myself that it's all over
But then I see you and I just don't know
What should I listen to my heart or my mind
Too tired to think about the way I should go
(Chorus)
There's no one out there when you need to decide
And you're on your own
You keep on thinking 'bout the wrong that you've done
You try to hide but there's no place to run
I spend all my nights waiting for your call
It feels like don'cha?
Pictures of us hanging on my wall, I can't take them down
It's like our thoughts are pieces of heaven
And wind just keeping blew them away
Never seize that day I've been waiting you to come back to me
I don't care if you jump through the clouds, swim through the oceans
Run through the valleys as long as you get here
Cause I need you now, I can't take it when you're gone
But don't take the long way home, don't take the long way home
Don't take the long way home
I swear sometimes I can see your face
Just for a second
Waited so too long for your want me ways
Get here somehow, yeah
I feel like our thoughts were pieces of heaven
And wind just came and blew them away
Never seize that day I've been waiting you to come back to me
I don't care if you jump through the clouds, swim through the oceans
Run through the valleys as long as you get here
Cause I need you now, I can't take it when you're gone
But don't take the long way home, don't take the long way home
Don't take the long way home
Can you hear me calling, calling, baby I need you
Can you hear me calling, calling, baby I need you
I don't care if you jump through the clouds, swim through the oceans
Run through the valleys as long as you get here
Cause I need you now, I can't take it when you're gone
But don't take the long way home, don't take the long way home
My ego has been bruised
Haven't you heard the news?
Used my last excuse
Now I'm falling
Just can't see through my lies
See the ghost behind my eyes
Severed all my ties
Said my goodbyes
I faced an army of myself and I failed
My good intentions were last seen falling through the cracks
You're pointing out everything that I lack
All my misfortunes were last seen leaving your lips
Silence is golden, time for me to cash in
I'm taking the long way home from here
The long way home
I'm taking the wrong way home from here
Ramblin' boy you been around
From Dallas to the underground
High above and down below
Places I was scared to go
You sang it loud in case they heard
Hangin' on to every word
Gentle as a lullaby
Firecrackers in your eyes
CHORUS:
And I would give anything
For one more night to run
For one last song to sing
You weren't askin' much at all
Just catch you when you fall
On your own, the long way home
What's that sadness in your smile
You've been cryin' all the while
Could you lean upon my shoulder
I guess you'd die to just get older
So what are we supposed to do
Just walk around forever blue
And all this hurry up and wait
Was it chance or was it fate?
CHORUS
You weren't askin' much at all
Just catch you when you fall
We ain't going home yet, we have loads more fun to have
We got 10 more shows to play cos we're out on the road
And it's a long journey home, it's a long long way to go home
Back at home I'll miss my friends, I'll miss all my friends down the front
The kids who shout for more, we don't wanna say goodbye
Soon we'll be back at the white cliffs where the blue birds fly
But it's a long journey home, it's a long long way to go home
It's the last show of the tour and everyone's singing along
We don't wanna finish the song cos then it is all over
Laying on the ground
Everything went wrong
My life contains a lot of sad songs
Empty room, empty heart
The only one with me is madness
Broken bottles, dirty coach
I'm alone on a long way home
Make up my mind I feel like something's wrong
I have to change the world and don't be wrong
Staying on my feet, don't need anyone!
Impossible without the caring of the other one
Laying on the ground
Everything went wrong
My life contains a lot of sad songs
Empty room, empty heart
The only one with me is madness
Broken bottles, dirty coach
I'm alone on a long way home
Crying all the I'm crying after a girl
but now I feel like I could kill her.
She made me happy, she made me sad
but never told me nothing really bad
Laying on the ground
Everything went wrong
My life contains a lot of sad songs
Empty room, empty heart
The only one with me is madness
Broken bottles, dirty coach
I'm alone on a long way home
Laying on the ground
Everything went wrong
My life contains a lot of sad songs
Empty room, empty heart
The only one with me is madness
Broken bottles, dirty coach
The highway's where I'm livin',
The road is where I dream
Staring at that white line
Back home is where I wanna be
Missing all the women
The best that you can get
Thinking of my buddys
At the pubs that I like best
Day after day, mile after mile
Sleepless hours. I drive all night
The radio plays the sound I like
Pouring beer by beer as time goes by
It's an endless highway
Such a lonely road
Got miles to go
It's a long way home
Long way home
Colleagues on the CB
Two weeks the same old joke
Nothing new to turn me on
I believe in something more
I believe that there's too much
When i fall down flat on my face
I'll cry to the world (i'm strong enough with you)
Do you think you'll come help for me
I close up my world inside
I see tears in your eyes
I still run in the brave
Where ever you are
I am with you
Do you think it will be alright
If i could just stay home tonight
'cause i'm tired of these lies
Whatever happened to me
Now i'm back on the floor
A thousand miles ahead of me
This is where i call my home
For the past two and half long years
Its back on the pavement
I'm looking out this window
I miss your face and i miss my heart
Right here
Where ever you are
I am with you
Do you think it will be alright
If i could just stay home tonight
'cause i'm tired of this life
Whatever happened to me
I'm thinking about this again
A thousand miles away
You'll think you me when...
Where ever you are
I am with you
Do you think it will be alright
If i could just stay home tonight
'cause i'm tired of this life
Do you think it will be alright
If i could just stay home tonight
'cause i'm tired of these lies
Whatever happened to me
I think about this again
A thousand miles away
I think about this again
Whatever happened to me
Break yourself
Down again
This is your only ploy
to make it up
You come back around
Now you will only
Break my bones
then come back again
It's overexposure
Create control
Listen up
Shut your mouth
this is my only ploy
I"m taking back
All that once was mine
Now you will never
Break my bones
then come back again
It's over exposure
Create control
On your own again
It's over
Break my bones
then come back again
It's over exposure
Create control
Such a long way home
It's such a long way home again
It's such a long way home
This the last time you will ever see my face
Well I`m on may way tonight
I`m leaving you once again,
you never complain
my bags packed, the car waits
You`re on your own again
Your smell, I miss you touch, your devotion
This plane rides a long one
Woman I miss you so much
Well again I`m gone, well I said
I`ve made my bed its time to roam
In my head my greatest fear you left alone
It`s a long way home
My respects for you runs deep,
Your hardships survived through rough times and my
downs
You`ve stayed by my side
You held my head in your hands when I was a child
Now I`m grown I`m leaving
This tears my insides open
Well again I`m gone, well I said
I`ve made my bed its time to roam
In my head my greatest fear you left alone
It`s a long way home
You`re left behind,
I`m on my way,
so far from Home
where can I stay,
I left you behind
So many people I`ve left behind, and myself
A troubled past I`ve tried to find
I`m not there as the seasons roll on by
It`s a long way Home
maybe this time i'm gonna finally figure out what i'm doing here.
because i could do without the drunken nights and almost fistfights that plagued our last year.
me and my friends are made of piss and vinegar, or so we'd like to think.
that we're loyal like dogs but we hate being attached to the leash for too long.
this road knows me well, i've done my part in wearing it down.
they're all falling into place but it seems we're falling out.
and i wouldn't have it any other way.
but don't you know? this is how we grow up. odds and ends turn into uniformity.
we go through rough patches and skip out on exits just to change our routines.
and i thought our heroes said it best, when they told us to rise above.
but these days it seems the only way to stay afloat is to stay under the radar.
this road knows me well, i've done my part in wearing it down.
they're all falling into place but it seems we're falling out.
and i wouldn't have it any other way.
we both take the long way home. [x3]
I don’t want to work
I don’t want to work with the rifle
I don’t want to work
I don’t want to work with the gun
I don’t want to live
I don’t want to live for the Bible
I’ve seen the things it’s done
And babe, take it easy
No one can hurt me
Like you do
I don’t care for freedom
Or any country
More than you
It’s a long way home
It’s a long way home
To where we used to be
I don’t want to sleep
I don’t want to sleep in the desert
No I don’t want to see
the stars from here
I don’t want to fight
I don’t want to fight for tomorrow
Without you
It can all disappear
And Babe, take it easy
You don’t know what you’re
Saying to me
All I’ve got
Is the knowing
You’ll wait for me
It’s a long way home
(Verse 1)
I’d don’t know what I’d do without you,
I miss you more than I should and it’s only been a day
or two
So kiss me girl,
Take it slow,
I might be away for a while,
A frown won’t help I want you to smile.
You know I hate it when you’re distressed,
I know I probably can’t help but I do and I try my
best.
So tell me babe,
Take your time,
I have nowhere else to be,
The only place I want you is with me.
(Chorus)
So maybe baby we could take a day to go,
And maybe baby we could spend it all alone,
Well maybe baby we could take the long way home
tonight.
(Verse 2)
I can’t go a day without thinking of you,
Walking barefoot through my house ‘cause you happened
to break your shoe,
So let’s lay down, cuddle up,
We’ve got another hour or so,
Before you leave and have to go home.
So kiss me girl,
Take it slow,
I might be away for a while,
A frown won’t help I want you to smile.
So kiss me girl,
Take it slow,
I might be away for a while,
A frown won’t help I want you to smile.
(Chorus)
So maybe baby we could take a day to go,
And maybe baby we could spend it all alone,
Well maybe baby we could take the long way home
