Well I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us

And show the way back home
There a light up ahead
I can't hold onto her arm

Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Money's just something you throw

Off the back of a train
Got a head full of lightning
A hat full of rain

And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home


I put food on the table
And roof overhead

But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For the highway instead
Watch your back if I should tell you

Love's the only thing I've ever known
One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home


You know I love you baby
More than the whole wide world
You are my woman

I know you are my pearl
Let's go out past the party lights
Where we can finally be alone

Come with me and we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home