[Verse 1]
Well, I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and all alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home

[Refrain]
Is there a light up ahead?
Can't hold on for very long
Forgive me, pretty baby
But I always take the long way home

[Verse 2]
Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
I got a head full of lightning
And a hat full of rain

[Refrain]
And I know that I said
Never do it again
Well, I love you, pretty baby
But I always take the long way home

[Verse 3]
I put food on the table
And a roof overhead
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For the highway instead
[Refrain]
Watch your back with your eyes shut tight
Your love's the only thing I'vе ever known
One thing's for surе, pretty baby
I always take the long way home

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Oh, I love you, baby
More than the whole wide world
You are my woman
I know you are my pearl

[Refrain]
Let's go out past the party lights
Where we can finally be alone
Come with me, together
We can take the long way home, oh-oh-oh

[Outro]
Come with me, together
We can take the long way home