** The song was written as a continuation of the story started in "Drive Me Home (Real Slow)". I was curious to see how it would continue. Let me remind you that we parted with the heroes in the parking at the lookout point. If you haven't heard the first part, you are cordially invited to do so. ** Parking at the lookout, engine turned down low Stars are our witnesses, nowhere we need to go Your jacket on my shoulders keeping out the night Whispers turn to kisses in the dashboard light We talk about forever, like it's in our grasp Time stands still around us, how long can this last? Dawn threatens the horizon, birds begin to sing I'm not ready for this night to lose its wings Take the long way back Morning's about to break Coffee shops opening, but we're still awake Take the long way back Let's watch the sunrise glow This night's too perfect to let it go Side roads and shortcuts, places you know well Stories of your childhood, secrets that you tell My head on your shoulder, your fingers in my hair The world beyond this car just doesn't seem to care Map forgotten in the glovebox, we don't need it now Every wrong turn feels like fate somehow Sun peeks through the treetops, painting skies with gold But this feeling in my chest won't ever grow old Take the long way back Morning's about to break Coffee shops opening, but we're still awake Take the long way back Let's watch the sunrise glow This night's too perfect to let it go Maybe my house can wait another day Maybe forever we could drive this way The world outside these windows doesn't matter much When every mile brings another touch Your eyes meet mine at the stoplight's red A thousand words in that glance unsaid You trace my palm lines, promise something new In the daylight hours, could this all be true? Take the long way back Morning's finally here But I don't want to end what we started here Take the long way back Or maybe don't take me home at all Some journeys are meant to last beyond nightfall Take me somewhere new instead... The destination don't matter much tonight It's the journey that's got me feeling alive
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