Verse 1:
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Well I stumbled in the darkness
Ab
I'm lost and alone
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Though I said I'd go before us
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And show the way back home
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There a light up ahead
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I can't hold on very long
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Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Verse 2:
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Money's just something you throw
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Off the back of a train
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Got a head full of lightning
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a hat full of rain
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And I know that I said
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I'd never do it again
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And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home

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

Bridge:
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mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm

Verse 4:
Eb		    Ab
You know I love you baby
Ab
More than the whole wide world
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You are my woman
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I know you are my pearl
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Let's go out past the party lights
      Ab		         Db
Where we can finally be alone
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Come with me...and we can take the long way home
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Mm mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home
Ab     Db	             Ab		  Eb			   Ab
Mm mm mmm, come with me, together we can take the long way home