When I was a young boy, had big intentions, I thought I could be just about anything you'd care to mention, I was a young boy, hard on the heels of success, I was a wide-eyed, unsatisfied young fool, I have to confess, But I guess I did all right for a while, Burning the midnight oil, thinking my life might spoil, If I didn't bring myself up to a steady boil, I was a young boy, really on the road to somewhere, But now I'm a man who doesn't really give a damn if I never get there. CHORUS Takin' the long road home, I'm takin' the long road home, Takin' the time to find a way around the life I've known, Takin' the wrong road home, oh, that's where I'm gonna be, And I tell you pretty women, I tell you good times, From now on you're gonna find you'll see a whole lot more of me. CHORUS Takin' the long road home, takin' the long road home, Takin' the time to find a way around the life I've known, Takin' the wrong road home, oh, that's where I'm gonna be, And I tell you pretty women, I tell you good times, From now on you're gonna find you'll see a whole lot more of me.