Long Walk Home

Last night I stood at your doorstep

Trying to figure out what went wrong

You just slipped somethin' into my palm, then you were gone

I could smell the same deep green of summer

Above me the same night sky was glowin'

In the distance I could see the town where I was born

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

A long walk home

In town I passed Sal's grocery

The barbershop on South Street

I looked in their faces*

They were all rank strangers to me*

The veteran's hall high upon the hill

Stood silent and alone

The diner was shuttered and boarded

With a sign that just said "gone"

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

Here everybody has a neighbor

Everybody has a friend

Everybody has a reason to begin again

My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town,

It's a beautiful place to be born.

It just wraps its arms around you,

Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone

You know that flag flying over the courthouse

Means certain things are set in stone

Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home