So you think you're a Romeo
Playing a part in a picture show
Well take the long way home
Take the long way home
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
There are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
All the greenery is comin' 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
Lonely days turn to lonely nights
Take a trip to the city lights
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
When you're up on the stage it's so unbelievable
Oh, unforgettable how they adore... you
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
Oh, calamity is there no way out?
Oh, yeah
Ooh... yeah
Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe?
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 you might have been if you'd have 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
Ooh yeah yeah
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
Oh, yeah
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
Ooh yeah
You took the long way home
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home
Long way home