MY FRIENDS
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
MARRIED THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL
BOYFRIENDS
MOVED INTO HOUSES
IN THE SAME ZIP CODES
WHERE THEIR
PARENTS LIVE
BUT I
I COULD NEVER FOLLOW
NO I
I COULD NEVER FOLLOW
I HIT THE HIGHWAY
IN A PINK RV
WITH STARS
ON THE CEILING
LIVED LIKE A GYPSY
SIX STRONG HANDS
ON THE STEERIN' WHEEL
I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME
GONE NOW
MAYBE SOMEDAY
SOMEDAY I'M GONNA
SETTLE DOWN
BUT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND
MY WAY SOMEHOW
BY TAKING
THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
TAKING THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
4 BAR
BREAK
I MET THE QUEEN
OF WHATEVER
DRANK WITH THE IRISH
AND SMOKED
WITH THE HIPPIES
MOVED WITH
THE SHAKERS
WOULDN'T KISS
ALL THE ASSES
THAT THEY TOLD ME TO
NO I
I COULD NEVER FOLLOW
NO I
I COULD NEVER FOLLOW
IT'S BEEN TWO
LONG YEARS NOW
SINCE THE TOP OF
THE WORLD
CAME CRASHIN' DOWN
AND I'M GETTIN' IT BACK
ON THE ROAD NOW
BUT I'M TAKING
THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
TAKING THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
OH I'LL JUST
TAKE MY TIME
I WON'T LAY DOWN
AND TAKE
THE LONG WAY 'ROUND
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WELL I FOUGHT
WITH A STRANGER
AND I MET MYSELF
I OPENED MY MOUTH
AND I HEARD MYSELF
IT CAN GET
PRETTY LONELY WHEN
YOU SHOW YOURSELF
GUESS I COULD HAVE
MADE IT EASIER
ON MYSELF
BUT I
I COULD NEVER FOLLOW
NO I
I COULD NEVER FOLLOW
WELL I NEVER SEEM
TO DO IT
LIKE ANYBODY ELSE
MAYBE SOMEDAY
SOMEDAY I'M GONNA
SETTLE DOWN
IF YOU EVER WANT TO
FIND ME
I CAN STILL BE FOUND
TAKING THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
TAKING THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
NOW I'M TAKING
THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
TAKING THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
I'M TAKING
THE LONG WAY
TAKING THE LONG WAY
AROUND
I'M TAKING THE LONG
WAY AY AY AY