Long Way Back Home Lyrics

The song Long Way Back Home is performed by Gordon Lightfoot in the album named Did She Mention My Name/Back Here On Earth in the year 2002 .



From the railhead to the boatyard
From the factory to the farm
From the mine to the mill yard
I've weathered the storm

From the bar room to the bedpost
I've wasted my days, all I have is my drink
And the time left to think
While time slips away

Just look at my face
When you tell me goodbye
You'll see what I'm after
By the look in my eye

Just walk away and leave me alone
It's a long way back home

Now in case you should ask me
What it is that I've done
I'd say I'm a soldier
Who once had a son

But my son doesn't know me
That's his right to choose
Oh say, can you see? My best friend is me
I'm a friend I could use

Just look at my face
When you tell me goodbye
You'll see what I'm after
By the look in my eye

Just walk away and leave me alone
It's a long way back home

Now the pages have faded
The story grows cold
And the plot falls to ashes
Like the ruins of old

Those rats in my rafters
They're after my shoes
And anything else they can find on the shelf
I've said they could use

And just look at my face
When you tell me goodbye
You'll see what I'm after
By the look in my eye

Just walk away and leave me alone
It's a long way back home
It's a long way back home




Gordon Lightfoot - Did She Mention My Name/Back Here On Earth

Feb 2002

  1. Did She Mention My Name
  2. Wherefor And Why
  3. Last Time I Saw Her, The
  4. Black Day In July
  5. May I
  6. Magnificent Outpouring
  7. Does Your Mother Know
  8. Mountains And Maryann, The
  9. Pussy Willows, Cat-Tails
  10. I Want To Hear It From You
  11. Something Very Special
  12. Boss Man
  13. Long Way Back Home
  14. Unsettled Ways
  15. Long Thin Dawn
  16. Bitter Green
  17. Circle Is Small, The
  18. Marie Christine
  19. Cold Hands From New York
  20. Affair On 8th Avenue


Long Way Back Home