Take The Long Way Home

(2x)   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   'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood   Why should you care if you're feeling good Well, 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 comin' do--wn, 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 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 you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable Oh, unforgettable,    how they ado - re you   But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity   Oh, calamity,    oh is there no -  way - out    (2x)   Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophy Oh, it has to be,    for you to gro - w, boy   When you look through the years and see what you could have been Oh, what you might have been,    if you had ha--d mo--re time     So, when the day comes to settle down   Who's to blame if you're not around You took the long way home (8x:)          Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah-ah-ah Long way home  (7x)