So you think you're a Romeo playing a part in a picture show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
Cos you're the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if you're feeling 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 coming 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 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 unforgetable how they adore you
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity oh calamity is there no way out?

Does it feel that you life's become a catastrope?
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 had 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
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
Long way home