I don't want to be a restless soul Running on empty, burning up the road Never knowing what I'm trying to find While the wheels keep turning in the back of my mind I don't want to take the long way home Sleeping on the roadside, move along Heading about,

It's calling me back to my home HomeIt's what I long for I can't keep away from her touch The Sleeper: Shine- lake of fire Lines take me higher My mind drips desire Confined and overtired Living this charade

Let it rain Move along, the weather's changing Won't you take me home and carry me away Winter's gone, the clouds are fading The sun might shine, but still it's not the same A gray sky so comfortable, whisper goodbye But every time I only hear good night

You can't always see me But you know that I'm always there When you see one shining Take it as mine And remember I'm always near If you see a comet Baby I'm on it Making my way back home It won't be long

Take the long way home Long way home You took the long way home So you think you're a Romeo Playing a part in a picture-show 'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood Why should you care if you're feeling good But there are times that you feel you're

Ask any ol’ barstool Ask any ol’ barstool in this town Ask my new found party crowd Sure I take more jack in my coke now Sure I stay ‘til they’re all long gone And I take the long way home But I ain’t sittin’ ‘round Tryin’ to drown the thought of you I

Take the long way home Long way home You took the long way home So you think you're a Romeo Playing a part in a picture-show 'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood Why should you care if you're feeling good But there are times that you feel you're

Held on to hope like a noose, like a rope God and medicine take no mercy on him Poisoned his blood, and burned out his throat Enough is enough, he's a long way from home Days of my youth wasted on a selfish fool Who ran for the hills from the hand you

Take the long way home Long way home You took the long way home So you think you're a Romeo Playing a part in a picture-show 'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood Why should you care if you're feeling good But there are times that you feel you're

She a porn star girl, oh, from the valley Who left her hometown world all for the alley Oh, created Lake Tahoe all from her panties Ooh, used to take the long way home, long way home, all for that candy Jacques to La Flame, now you rolling on an Addy 50