[Intro – Soft electric guitar, Rhodes piano, distant city ambience, evening atmosphere] [Ghost Vocoder] sun going down... nowhere to rush... [Verse 1 – MALE] Market started packing up Vendors folding tables down People drifting toward their evenings Different corners of the town You said you were heading west I pointed down the same street Funny how two separate plans Can suddenly overlap The city felt slower somehow Streetlights waking one by one Neither of us seemed in a hurry To be anywhere else [Pre-Chorus] One more block Turned into two One more story Turned into a few [Chorus – Warm Future Soul] Funny how the long way home Gets shorter with somebody else One more street One more conversation Till you forget about yourself Didn't even notice How far we'd gone Funny how the long way home Didn't feel so long [Ambient Electric Violin Response] [Verse 2 – FEMALE] You talked about your hometown A river and an old train bridge How your father worked nights And your mother never missed a game I told you about leaving Thinking I'd never look back Funny how growing older Makes you see things differently The traffic kept moving The sky kept changing color But somehow the conversation Became the only thing I heard [Pre-Chorus – DUET] [MALE] Funny what people carry [FEMALE] Funny what people hide [DUET] Sometimes all it takes Is somebody asking why [Chorus – DUET] Funny how the long way home Gets shorter with somebody else One more laugh One more memory Pulled down from the shelf Didn't even notice The stars coming on Funny how the long way home Didn't feel so long [Instrumental – Electric Violin Lead, Rhodes Piano] [Ambient Electric Violin Solo] [Warm Bass Groove] [Distant City Sounds] [Bridge – Beat Drops Away] [MALE] I used to think Most people passed through your life Without leaving much behind [FEMALE] Me too [MALE] Now I'm not so sure [Long Pause] [DUET] Maybe we're all waiting For somebody to slow down Long enough to listen [Ghost Vocoder] listen... listen... [Final Chorus – Full Harmonies] Funny how the long way home Gets shorter with somebody else Different roads Different lives Meeting somewhere in the middle Didn't even notice The night rolling in Funny how the long way home Felt like somewhere to begin Funny how the long way home Didn't feel so long [Outro – Soft Electric Guitar, Ambient Electric Violin] [MALE] See you Monday? [FEMALE] Yeah... See you Monday. [Ghost Vocoder] streetlights... coming on... [Ambient Electric Violin Carries Final Melody] [Fade Out]
