Long Way Home

This mornin' when I woke

You'd gone and left a note

Said you'd be at your mother's for a while

I finished work

And called you on the phone

Then I took the long way home

I read your list of jobs

Washed the dishes, walked the dog

I'll get around to them real soon

You said we needed bread

I hit the tackle shop instead

And I took the long way home

I'm takin' the long way home

I ain't in no hurry

The fish is out, the cat's been fed

And I don't have to worry

'Bout bein' on a promise

That I've already blown

'Cause tonight I'm takin' a long way home

Called in to my man, Stew

To sample his home brew

Before too long, we started ramblin' on

Well, I got up to leave

But his wife, she took my keys

Sure was a long way home

I'm takin' the long way home

I ain't in no hurry

The bird is out, the cat's been fed

And I don't have to worry

'Bout bein' on a promise

That I've already blown

'Cause tonight I'm takin' a long way home

Well, I checked my answer phone

You said you was comin' home

I thought I had till Sunday afternoon

Well, I haven't done a thing

And I could feel that rollin' pin

I might take the long way home

I'm takin' the long way home

I ain't in no hurry

The dog is out, the cat's been fed

And I don't have to worry

'Bout bein' on a promise

That I've already blown

'Cause tonight I'm takin' the long way

Might just be the wrong way

Tonight I'm takin' the long way home