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 neighborhood
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
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
You 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?
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 would have more time
So when the day
Comes to settle down
Who's to blame
If you're not around?
Took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
The long way home
The long way home
The long way home
The long way home
The long way home
The long way home
The long way home
The long way home