Writer

Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson

Lyrics

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 comin’ 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

And 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, oh yeah

And 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’d had more time So, when the day comes to settle down
Who’s to blame if you’re not around?
Take the long way home
You took the long way home
Took the long way home
The long way home
The long way home

Releases

Guilty Pleasures

The song was released on the band’s forth album Guilty Pleasures.