Long Way Home (Live In The Country)

Running in the wrong direction
Isn't it a long way home.
People with the wrong intentions
Isn't it a long way home.

City, you are dying real slow
Country, you are calling me to go.
Smokestacks, I don't need you no more
I'm gonna fly...

To where the sky meets the land
And the living is not planned
And the children can laugh just
'Cause they're living.

I'll send for you
If you ever want me to
But you'll have to find
A whole new way of giving.

Running from the noise and poison
Isn't it a long way home.
Wounded by a law man's toy gun
Isn't it a long way home.

City, no more shadows to be seen.
Country, all the sunshine you can dream.
Smokestacks spew your sour-smelling steam.
I'm gonna fly...

To where the sky meets the land
And the living is not planned
And the children can laugh
Just 'cause they're living.

I'll send for you
If you ever want me to
But you'll have to find
A whole new way of giving.

"Long Way Home (Live In The Country)" - Words and music by Daniel Fogelberg
From Dan Fogelberg's first studio album, Home Free
©1972 April Music Inc. and Hickory Grove Music ASCAP

See Discography for musical credits.