The Long Way Home

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You left your jacket on the kitchen chair Rain in the cuffs, your train was late I found a receipt from the corner store Folded twice beside the plate [Pre-Chorus] I could call, but I know that road It bends back to the words we owed [Chorus] So I’m taking the long way home tonight Past the bakery, past the county line If your name comes up, I’ll let it pass Some things break better when you don’t look back [Verse 2] The upstairs neighbor drags a wooden box Every evening at a quarter past ten I count the steps from the porch to the door Then forget where I began [Pre-Chorus] I could call, but I know that road It bends back to the words we owed [Chorus] So I’m taking the long way home tonight Past the bakery, past the county line If your name comes up, I’ll let it pass Some things break better when you don’t look back [Bridge] Let the engine cool in the gravel lot Let the porch light burn whether I’m there or not I’m not healed, I’m just moving clean There’s a difference now between us and me [Final Chorus] I’m taking the long way home tonight Past the bakery, past the county line If your name comes up, I’ll let it pass Some things break better when you don’t look back [Outro] I don’t look back I don’t look back