Last night I stood at your doorstep
Trying 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 darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk
home
A long walk home
In town I passed Sal's grocery
The barbershop on South Street
I looked in their faces*
They were all rank strangers to me*
The 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 darling, don't wait
up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
It's 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, 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 flying 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 darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, 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 darling, don't
wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, 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
[guitar break]
[sax break]
