Long Walk Home

VERSE 1:

Last night I stood at your doorstep

Tryin' to figure out what went wrong

You just slipped something into my palm then you

were gone

I could smell the same deep green of Summer

Above me the same night sky was glowing

In the distance I could see the town where I was

born

CHORUS:

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling dont't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

A long walk home

VERSE 2:

In town I passed Sal's grocery

The barbershop on South Street

I looked in their faces

They were all rank strangers to me

The veteran's hall high upon the hill

Stood silent and alone

The diner was shuttered and boarded

With a sign that just said gone

CHORUS:

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home

VERSE 3:

Here everybody has a neighbour

Everybody has a friend

Everybody has a reason to begin again

VERSE 4:

My father said, "Son you're lucky in this town

Such a beautiful place to be born

It just wraps its arms around you

Nobody crowds you and nobody goes alone

You know that flag flying over the courthouse

Means certain things are set in stone

Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't

CHORUS:

It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

Hey pretty darling don't wait up for me

Gonna be a long walk home

It's gonna be a long walk home