///*****/// [Intro] Engine idling in the dark One light on upstairs [Verse 1] The bus is running out on Fremont And the crew is loading gear And you are asleep with the radio playing Like you always do in here I could wake you for a proper leaving I could say it all again But you have heard my kind of promises And you know how they end [Pre-Chorus] So I will kiss you like a stranger And I will go before it hurts And I will carry the shape of you Through a hundred foreign towns [Chorus] Because goodbye is a long road Longer than the miles It runs through every service station And every borrowed smile I will be gone eleven months And home for one September night Goodbye is a long, long road And I am on it tonight [Verse 2] There is a woman in the second row In every single town She has your eyes for half a second Till the houselights come down And I sing about the girl I left Like it is somebody else's song But every single word is yours And has been all along [Pre-Chorus] And the phone booths keep on eating Every coin I ever had And the wire between us hums Like something almost sad [Chorus] Because goodbye is a long road Longer than the miles It runs through every service station And every borrowed smile I will be gone eleven months And home for one September night Goodbye is a long, long road And I am on it tonight [Verse 3] In Rotterdam it rained for nine days In Chicago it was snow And in some hotel in Barcelona I forgot which way was home There is a man they photograph in leather With a smile he keeps on file And there is me at four in the morning Counting bathroom tiles And the only thing that holds it Is a voice across a wire Saying come back when you're finished And I'll keep the kettle by the fire [Pre-Chorus] So I sing it to the balconies And I sing it to the pit But it is you I'm always singing to And I never once forget [Bridge] One day this bus will stop for good And the lights will not come on And I will walk up your front steps With nowhere else to go And you will either open up Or you will let me know [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] Because goodbye is a long road Longer than the miles But every road has got an ending And a porch light and a smile So keep the kettle on for me And leave the hallway light Goodbye is a long, long road But it is bending home tonight [Coda] There's a hundred thousand highways And they all run through one door And I have driven every one of them To end up on your floor So put the porch light on till Sunday And do not lock it up too tight There's a long road coming to you And it's coming home tonight [Outro] Engine idling in the dark One light on upstairs And a man who cannot stay Loving more than he can say Loving more than he can say Loving more than he can say And coming home to stay Goodbye is a long, long road
