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THE LONG ROAD HOME

THEY SAID I WAS NOTHING WITHOUT A MAN

THEY SAID I WAS NOTHING WITH NO CAREER PLANS

THEY SAID WOMAN HAD NO COMMON SENSE

LOOKED LIKE LEAVING THEM WAS MY BEST DEFENSE

WHO I AM WAS A HABIT OF THOUGHT

WHO I AM WAS THE STORIES I BOUGHT

BUT, WHO I AM COULD BE SO MUCH MORE

NOW, WHO I AM IS RUNNING OUT THAT DOOR

I FEARED THE JOURNEY, BUT I... I TOOK THE STEP

SO MUCH OF ME THAT I AIN'T SEEN YET

I GOTTA GO TONIGHT AND I'M GOIN' OUT THERE ALONE

BUT I'LL BE LOOKIN' FOR ME ON MY LONG ROAD HOME

WHEN THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN I GOT A WRENCH

WHEN THE TENT GOT SOAKED I DUG A TRENCH

WHEN I NEEDED MONEY I LOOKED FOR WORK

WHEN I WAS LONELY I'D TALK TO THE GROCERY CLERK

I WAS TAKIN' NOTS AND KEEPIN' SCORE

BUT I STILL WONDERED WHAT I WAS HERE FOR

GUESS I HAD TO PROVE TO MYSELF FIRST

I COULD HANDLE LIFE EVEN AT IT'S WORST

CHORUS

REAL LIFE GAVE ME A GLIMPSE OF THE TRUTH

A PICTURE OF WHO I WAS BACK IN MY YOUTH

WHEN I LIVED TO SING AND TO PLAY THE GUITAR

BELTIN' LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN THE CAR

SO, HOW MANY MILES WILL IT TAKE YOU

TO ADMIT TO WHAT YOU ALREADY KNEW

I KNEW WHAT I WANTED WHEN I WAS A KID

NOW, 30 YEARS LATER, I'M FINALLY DOING WHAT I DID

I KNOW YOU FEAR THE JOURNEY, BUT YOU GOTTA TAKE THE STEP

SO MUCH OF YOU THAT YOU AIN'T SEEN YET

YOU GOTTA GO TONIGHT AND YOU GOTTA GO OUT THERE ALONE

BUT I'LL BE LOOKIN' FOR YOU ON YOUR LONG ROAD HOME

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