Take the Long Way Home

So you think you're a Romeo

Playing a part in a picture show

Take the long way home

take the long way home

'Cause you're the joke

of the neighbourhood

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 stage,

it's so unbelievable

Unforgettable - how they adore you

But then your wife seems to think

you're losing your sanity

Oh, calamity, is there no way out

Well does it feel that your life's

become a catastrophe

Oh it has to be for you to grow boy

And when you look through the years

and see what you could have been

Oh what you might have been -

if you'd had more time

So when the day comes

to settle down

Well who's to blame

if you're not around

You took the long way home

Took the long way home