I've been waiting on tomorrow I been waiting on a train that don't ever come on time Stickin' 'round just brings me sorrow So every place I've ever slept is just a town I left behind And now I'm digging out my backyard For pieces of myself that I buried long ago Aand I see ghosts in my reflection But in my eyes I recognize a man I used to know And now we're a thousand miles away from pittsburg And I, I got my daddy on the phone And son I'll tell your mama that you miss her But go on and take the long way home And babe I finally quit that drinkin' I wanna be more like the man that I was when we first met But still I hear them demons singin' to me And each melody is a memory that I will never forget And you say baby please be easy Cause Caroline this time of year is heaven to behold Ain't no perfect love believe me But if you've got ramblin' on your Mind then I've got ramblin' in my soul And we got a little less than a bus costs And a little more daylight for to roam And it's the perfect place for me to get us lost So come on let's take the long way home And let the world wait outside the window And let your clothes out scatted by the bed And let your worries disappear as the wind blows And let my chest remain where you rest your head So if nothing comes more naturally than sorrow Then darling your laugh is worth its weight in gold So as long as you wake up with me tomorrow Then tonight lets take the long way home