Take the Long Way Home
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An uplifting acoustic country-folk narrative track featuring clear female lead vocals, bright acoustic strumming, and a warm road-trip story.
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filled tank of gas she told her little brother we are leaving town at last
it rolled past miller's cornfield with the windows rolled down singing wrong to every station
laughing loud at every town a goat climbed on the roadside fence and stared them in the eye
Maggie waved like royalty
The brother asked it why
They had no plan, no hotel key
Just two small hearts and a restless dream
Take the long way, take the long way home
Where the river bends and the wild grass grows
If the road gets strange, we'll make it again
Put a brand new story on an old road name
Take the long way, let the whole world away
We've got peanut butter sandwiches and a little bit of faith
When the sun goes down, we'll know where we are
Under a borrowed sky with a pocket full of stars
By sundown, they were tangled in a county fair parade
With a marching band behind them and a lemonade brigade
The mayor pinned a ribbon on the brother's faded hat
Maggie won a stuffed up tiger, then she gave it to a cat
At a diner near the border, an old man played guitar
He asked them where they came from, they said somewhere not too far
He smiled and played a melody that sounded worn and true
Then asked them where they're going and they said, we'll know when we do
They had no map that pointed clear, but every mile made sense from here
Take the long way, take the long way home
Where the river bends and the wild grass grows
If the road gets strange, we'll make it again
Put a brand new story on an old road name
Take the long way, let the whole world wait
We got peanut butter sandwiches and a little bit of faith
When the sun goes down we'll know where we are
Under a borrowed sky with a pocket full of stars
Then the truck coughed twice on a hill of golden hay
The engine gave a shudder like it had something to say
A farmer brought a toolbox, a girl brought lemonade
The whole wide county gathered
Till the little truck was saved
Maggie called their mother
From a porch beside the creek
Said we might be home by Sunday
Or perhaps another week
Her mother laughed so softly
Then she said, be safe, be kind
And told them there was room enough
For every road they'd find
Take the long way, take the long way home
Where the river bends and the wild grass grows
If the road gets strange, we'll make it again
Put a brand new story on an old road name
Take the long way, let the whole world wave
We've got peanut butter sandwiches
And a little bit of faith
When the sun comes up wherever we are
We'll wave to every stranger
From our little traveling car
Maggie kept the feather brother
Kept the hat the tiger slept beside them
And that was that
No treasure map, no perfect plan
No sign above the road
Just two brave kids discovering
How far a heart can go
