Takin' the Long Way Home - Sammy Kershaw

Even though the world is dark Try to light a little part Don't go run and hide Give a little of my heart Only then the beat will start Keeping me in time Life, doesn't wait for long Oh, oh, it's a winding road, Oh, oh, take the long way home, Oh, oh, when you're there You'll know, You can find yourself on the long way home Ohh ohh ohh, take the long way home Ohh ohh ohh, take the long, way, home Sinking in the undertone, Never knowing where to go, How to find something more? Looking for a kind you want, Only then the dreams will come, Knocking on my door Life doesn't wait for long Oh, oh, it's a winding road, Oh, oh, take the long way home, Oh, oh, when you're there you will know, You can find yourself on the long way home Oh, oh, it's a winding road, Oh, oh, take the long way home, Oh, oh, when you're there you will know, You can find yourself on the long way home Oh, oh, it's a winding road, Oh, oh, take the long way home, Oh, oh, when you're there you will know, You have found yourself on the long way home So take the long way home Take the long way home

Let's take the long way home Find a couple hills to climb Cause baby we can take our time Let's take the long way home Trust in me to lead the way Cause we can do this one more day Cause we can do this one more day Let's take the long way home Find a couple hills to climb Cause baby we can take our time Let's take the long way home Trust in me to lead the way Cause we can do this one more day Cause we can do this one more day Let's take the long way home Find a couple hills to climb Cause baby we can take our time Let's take the long way home Trust in me to lead the way Cause we can do this one more day Said, we can do this one more day

Well, I stumbled in the darkness I'm lost and alone Though I said I'd go before us And show the way back home Is there a light up ahead? I can't hold on very long Forgive me, pretty baby But I always take the long way home Money's just something you throw Off the back of a train I got a handful of lightening And head full of rain And I know that I said I'd never do it again Oh well, I love you, sweet baby But I always take the long way home I put food on the table And a roof overhead But I'd trade it all tomorrow For that highway instead Watch your back, if I should tell And love's the only thing I've ever known One thing's for sure, sweet baby I always take the long way home Though I love you, baby More than the whole wide world I'm your woman You know, you are my pearl So let's go out past the party lights Where we can finally be alone Come with me We can take the long way home (mmm-mmm) Come with me Together we can take the long way home (Mm-mm-mm) Come with me Together we can take the long way home

We meet at the Broken Spoke Restaurant and Lounge I lit your cigarette then you wrote your number down. On the inside of a matchbook that was laying on the bar And a fire started burning somewhere in my heart I didn't see it coming, guess I didn't read the signs I just never thought you'd leave me after all this time. But today when I came home my key was hollow in the door And there was nothing but a worn out book of matches on the floor You took the bed; you took the dishes and the car And you broke my trust and you took advantage of my heart And you left me here with empty rooms and walls with holes, scars and scratches, If I find the strength to burn your memory down At least you left the matches. The color is old and faded; the cover's worn and stained I can still make out the numbers and the heart beside your name Until tonight they'd only lit a single cigarette Now one by one I'm striking them to help me to forget And everybody at the broken spoke They all thought my crazy story was a joke Now they're all out in the parking lot Staring at the smoke You took the bed; you took the dishes and the car And you broke my trust and you took advantage of my heart And you left me here with empty rooms of walls and holes, scars and scratches Now I found the strength to burn your memory down At least you left the matches. Baby all that's left of our love now is ashes Thank god you left the matches

She's been here workin' all summer long Pumpin' gas for the boats on the Cote Blanche She's so brown from bein' in the sun all day And boys from town hang around her pa paw's place And they all say Hey, you can see her down at the boat dock Walkin' up the pier in her flip flops Tyin' up the lines in her tank top Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop Every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline It won't be long, she'll be goin' back to school Well, goin' home, all the way to Baton Rouge Well, her pa paw says he'll get along the best he can And all the boys will be so brokenhearted then 'Til it's summer again Then you can see her down at the boat dock Walkin' up the pier in her flip flops Tyin' up the lines in her tank top Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop Every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline Well, every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline Girl, I'm gonna miss you so, Evangeline

You found me all alone You helped me build a home I had tried before Couldn't pick myself off of the floor And then you came Whispered my name You found me You found me in a dream Tangled, lost at sea I had tried before Always found myself looking for more But then you came Whispered my name You found me You found me all alone You helped me build a home I had tried before Couldn't pick myself off of the floor And then you came Whispered my name You found me