Long Way Home

Long Way Home
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1988 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

I was coming home in a yellow bus
But the bus broke down and stranded us.
Coming home in a yellow bus
But the bus broke down and stranded us.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I hopped a train coming down the line
The caboose came loose, I got left behind.
Hopped a train coming down the line
The caboose came loose, I got left behind.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I found a boat by the riverbank
But we hit a rock and it promptly sank.
Found a boat by the riverbank
But we hit a rock and it promptly sank.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I got picked up by a submarine
But they left me off in the Philippines.
Got picked up by a submarine
But they left me off in the Philippines.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

Then I took a jet but I couldn't pay
So they threw me out of the cargo bay.
Took a jet but I couldn't pay
So they threw me out of the cargo bay.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

Oh my parachute kept me safe from harm
But I landed in a tree on the neighbor's farm.
Parachute kept me safe from harm
But I landed in a tree on the neighbor's farm.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I jumped on a horse but it threw a shoe
And I had to walk back home to you.
Jumped a horse but it threw a shoe
And I had to walk back home to you.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I'm sorry, Mom, that I'm home so late
And that dinner's cold and I made you wait.
Sorry, Mom, that I'm home so late
And that dinner's cold and I made you wait.
It's just a long, long, long, long, long way home.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Family Tree CD.

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