(by Supertramp)


So you think youre a romeo

Playing a part in a picture-show

Take the long way home

Take the long way home


Cos youre the joke of the neighborhood

Why should you care if youre feeling good

Take the long way home

Take the long way home


But there are times that you feel youre part of the scenery

All the greenery is comin down, boy

And then your wife seems to think youre part of the

Furniture oh, its 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 youre up on the stage, its so unbelievable,

Unforgettable, how they adore you,

But then your wife seems to think youre losing your sanity,

Oh, calamity, is there no way out? 


Does it feel that you lifes 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 might have been,

If youd had more time.


So, when the day comes to settle down,

Whos to blame if youre not around? 

You took the long way home

You took the long way home...