Last night I stood
at your doorstep
Tryin' to figure out
what went wrong
You just slipped somethin'
into my palm
Then you were gone
I could smell the same
deep green of summer
Above me the same
night sky was glowin'
in the distance
I could see the town
where I was born
It's gonna be
a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
A long walk home
In town I passed
Sal's grocery
Barbershop on South Street
I looked in their faces
They were all rank
strangers to me
Hey Veteran's Hall
high upon the hill
stood silent and alone
The diner was shuttered
and boarded
with a sign that
just said gone
It's gonna be
a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
It's gonna be
a long walk home
Here everybody
has a neighbor
Everybody has a friend
Everybody has
a reason to begin again
My father said
son we're lucky in this town
It's a beautiful place
to be born
It just wraps
its arms around you
Nobody crowds you
And nobody goes it alone
You know that flag
flyin' over the courthouse
Means certain things
are set in stone
Who we are
What we'll do
And what we won't
It's gonna be
a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
It's gonna be
a long walk home
It's gonna be
a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darlin'
don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
It's gonna be
a long walk home
It's gonna be
a long walk home