I've come a long, long, long, long way, oh yes, I did Since I found a love, since I found a love But wait a minute, there's one more thing It was so hard, hard, yeah, oh yeah But I've come a long, such a long, long way Let me tell y'all by the stars above Let me say it one more time, by the stars above I used to look here and there, here, there, everywhere One day that woman walked into my life, oh yeah
She said, "Don't worry, baby, I'll make everything all right" She went on and she smoothed out all the rough roads, uh huh With lots of lovin' and secure, oh yes, she did And she gave me somethin' to live for I can tell the world, yeah (By the stars above) I've come a long (Long) Long way (Long way) Ah, sometime I'm gonna cry tears of water That came runnin' out, oh yeah