LONG WAY HOME  

 

Last night I stood at your doorstep
Trying to figure out what went wrong
You slipped something into my palm and you were gone

It was the same deep green of summer
'Bove 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
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home

I walked past Sal's grocery
Joe's barber shop on South Street
I looked into the faces
They were all rank strangers to me
Veteran's Hall up upon the hill
Stood dark and alone
Frankie's 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

My Pa said "Son, we're lucky,
This town is a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you,
Nobody crowds you, nobody goes it alone"

"You see that flag down at the courthouse?
It means certain things are set in stone.
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"

Well 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

Here everybody has a neighbor
Everybody has a friend
Everybody has a reason to begin again

Now the war is rising 'round the corner
There's a fire burning out of control
There's a hurricane on Main Street
And I've got murder in my soul

Yeah well when the party's over
And the cheering is all gone
Will you know me, will I know you
Will I now you

'Cause 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
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
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
It's gonna be a long walk home

Hey now darling, it's gonna be a long walk home
Yeah it's gonna be a long walk home

  

 


© Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP) - All rights reserved

"Long Way Home" a été interprétée pour la première fois en version (quasi) acoustique le 11 novembre 2006 à la Wembley Arena de Londres, dans le cadre de la tournée Seeger Sessions. Elle pourrait avoir été composée la veille. Lors de ce concert, elle a été présentée par Springsteen avec les mots suivants : "Quand j'ai vu Lucinda Williams hier soir à son concert, elle était fabuleuse, bien sûr. Merveilleuse auteur-compositeur de chanson. Elle a eu du courage car elle a joué toutes ses nouvelles chansons. Et moi, quand je rentre à l'hôtel après avoir dragué et bu, à l'occasion je m'assois et j'essaie d'écrire. Donc, voici... c'est une sorte d'ébauche... Je disais tout à l'heure qu'il y a comme un retour à un semblant de bons sens aux Etats-Unis, mais il y a eu tant de choses détruites, jusqu'aux principes fondamentaux de la démocratie qui, bien sûr, sont détruits et ont donc besoin d'être rétablis maintenant. Voici une chanson intitulée "Gonna Be A Long Walk Home". " ("le chemin va être long pour rentrer à la maison").

Cette chanson sera disponible sur l'album Magic (sortie le 2 octobre 2007).