The Long Way Home

I took the long way home again

Through streets that whisper where I've been

Each corner hums an old refrain

Of love and loss and cheap champagne

The bass keeps time with my regrets

The rain collects like unpaid debts

The city sighs, the tires hiss

The night forgives what the dawn won't miss

The long way home through miles of smoke

Each drag a prayer, each sip a joke

The road don't care, it just goes on

And every light feels like a song

Her voice still lingers in my head

She's every word I never said

If home's a bar, then I'm halfway

Still lost, but on my way

The long way home's all I know

I drive slow just to feel it go

Miles of smoke, the bass still hums

The blues forgive what I become