Last night I stood at your doorstep
Trying to figure out what went wrong
You just slipped something into my palm and you were gone
I could smell the same deep green of summer
īBove me the same night sky was glowinī
In the distance I could see the town where I was born
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
A long walk home
In town I pass Salīs grocery
Barber shop on South Street
I looked in their faces*
Theyīre all rank strangers to me*
Well Veteranīs Hall high upon the hill
Stood silent and alone
The diner was shuttered and boarded
With a sign that just said "gone"
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
[Guitar break]
[Sax break]
Here everybody has a neighbor
Everybody has a friend
Everybody has a reason to begin again
My father said "Son, weīre lucky in this town,
Itīs a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you,
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone"
"Your flag flyinī over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone.
Who we are, what weīll do and what we wonīt"
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, donīt wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
Itīs gonna be a long walk home
[guitar break]
[sax break]
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