Taking the long way around Taking the long way No I, I could never follow But I, I could never follow Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down My friends from high school Married their high school boyfriends Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes

Promise I will be forever yours Promise not to say another word Never mind what's done is done Always was a lucky one If you'd like to walk a while We could waste the day Follow me into the trees I will lead the way Bring some change up to the bridge

Take me back to the days when I was young Let's look back, back to the moment when I followed sin with every step and every breath I wanted what I couldn't have, it was never enough Forgotten innocence, just a shadow of who I was meant to become. Is this

It will be our swan song Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me And I will never sing again And you won't work another day Be our swan song Nothing could stop the two of us I will never sing again With just one wave it goes away Why work so hard

Why are we going on this way? Nothing's gonna break it down and build us back again So why do go back that could leave this way? Black is the soul that's led astray You're leading me to places I can never follow Just give me back my life As it all falls

Do not obey Never one to be held back or held down I'd write my name so the king could see I will follow the true declaration And find some hope in what mankind could be I've worked so hard Let my deeds be my witness And let my words flow through