Took me half a life to learn that peace ain't what you chase Spent some years arriving everywhere I never meant to go Now I wake up easy, watch the daylight find me here Let the morning teach me everything I never thought I'd know Got the windows down, I'm rolling slow under the western sun Got a tank that's mostly full and got a long road up ahead Got a couple songs I love and got a couple I forgot Got the kind of quiet living I been trying to get instead Made my peace with every season, made my bed in the ground Buried what I had to bury, then I let it all be found I was born to wander, built to roam Some roads don't make sense 'til you find the light Some prayers don't get heard 'til the dead of night I'll take the long way home I'll take the long way home I'll take the long way home Was a younger man who thought the world was something I could win Burned through every shortcut, learned the hard side of the way Asked a lot of questions, didn't listen for the answer Now I sit with what I'm given, let the answer come and stay There's a woman who I love, and she don't ask me where I been There's a dog that knows my truck before he ever sees my face There's a beer can on the floorboard from a campfire two nights back There's a peaceful kind of silence I been trying to embrace Made my peace with every season, made my bed in the ground Buried what I had to bury, then I let it all be found I was born to wander, built to roam Some roads don't make sense 'til you find the light Some prayers don't get heard 'til the dead of night I'll take the long way home I'll take the long way home I'll take the long way home Made my peace with all the weight that I'm still carrying Made my bed in every mile I had to find Promises I keep and all the promises I'm still burying Promises to everyone I left behind Made my peace with every season, made my bed in the ground Buried what I had to bury, then I let it all be found I was born to wander, built to roam Some roads don't make sense 'til you find the light Some prayers don't get heard 'til the dead of night I'll take the long way home Some folks find their way back by the porch light in the dark Some folks take the long way home to leave their mark I'll take the long way home I'll take the long way home
