Take The Long Way Home
Take the long way home take time to account pick yourself back up and continue learn from the past.
Take the long way home. So you think you re a romeo playing a part in a picture show well take the long way home take the long way home you re the joke of the view full lyrics. He wrote sang and arranged the. Take the long way home is another evergreen classic from roger hodgson co founder of supertramp.
Roger hodgson co founded supertramp in 1969 and was the driving force behind what fans call the 14 golden years of the band. Matt from new castle nh this song reminds of me of grown up people i know who have been mild drug users all their lives you know true rock n rollers and well by staying youthful never really became anything more than mediocre. Take the long way home is the fourth single and sixth track of supertramp s 1979 album breakfast in america.
I m talking about not wanting to go home to the wife take the long way home to the wife because she treats you like part of the furniture but there s a deeper level to the song too. Let s take the long way home is a celebration of the profound transformations that come from intimate connection and it affirms once again why gail caldwell is recognized as one of our bravest and most honest literary voices. Roger is on tour and selling out shows all over.
It was the last song written for the album being penned during the nine month recording cycle. Roger hodgson co founded supertramp in 1969 and was the driving force behind what fans call the 14 golden years of the band. In learning to respect each other s differences they become the best of mismatched friends and give each other the courage to embrace new beginnings and.
Yet there is something to be said for taking the long way home you get to see a lot more along the road and it s always interesting. According to its composer roger hodgson the song deals with how the desire to go home can go both ways. After the death of his wife depressed tom gerrin meets leane bossert a 21 year old free spirit and the unlikely pair hitchhike across the country.