[Intro] [slow, sparse guitar] [Verse 1] Laurel Canyon summer Barely twenty-two Your daughter wrapped in gauze Eyes bright as truth We built a little family Up there in the hills Didn't know I'd carry you Through decades, through the still [Pre-Chorus] Long and winding road We traveled side by side Even when we let go Something stayed alive [Chorus] Long road home Long road home Fifty years of running parallel Long road home You were my first light I watched you fade to gold You're never really gone Long road home [Verse 2] We broke and stayed broken Never broke apart Someone called this morning Your voice stopped in the dark You were my beginning Blueprint of my heart First love before I had the words For what forever meant [Pre-Chorus] Long and winding road From strangers into friends From lovers into more That never really ends [Chorus] Long road home Long road home Fifty years of running parallel Long road home You were my first light I watched you fade to gold You're never really gone Long road home [Bridge] [heavy, distorted] Rest in speed Rest in humor Rest in love Rest in love I'll find you Down this winding way [Final Chorus] [full power, harmonized] Long road home Long road home First love never dies, it transforms Long road home You taught me what love was Before I knew to hold You're never really gone Long road home [Outro] [sparse, fading] Long road home... Running parallel... Long road home...
