Two Roads Out of Town | The Long Way Home | Track 01-14 | 1970

[Verse 1] We met where the dust meets the daylight, Old boots by the door of a quiet room. Five years gone and the world felt sideways, But somehow we still fell into tune. Your laugh hit first, then the guitar followed, A trembling string but the chord rang true. We didn’t talk — just let the moment settle, Like the road was waiting for the two of you. [Pre-Chorus] And I know we took the long way ‘round, Promises folded up, lost and found… [Chorus] But there were two roads out of town, And somehow we walked them both back down. Different miles, different storms — But the same old sun when the daylight warmed. And now the past don’t matter how — We’re here again, somehow, On the long way home. [Verse 2] A reel-to-reel hum in the corner, Dust dancing slow in the amber light. You played a line you wrote last winter — Soft and cracked, but it felt just right. We didn’t speak about the missing seasons, No blame, no letters read aloud. Just the sound of three hearts steady, Finding their rhythm without a crowd. [Pre-Chorus] Yeah, I know we took the long way ‘round, But every silence has a familiar sound… [Chorus] There were two roads out of town, And somehow we walked them both back down. Separate nights, separate dreams — Til the echo called from the in-betweens. And now the past don’t matter how — We’re here again, somehow, On the long way home. [Bridge] Oh, the lines we crossed, the chords we broke, The songs we buried under dust and smoke… But here we stand with the morning near — And every mile still led us here. [Final Chorus] Two roads out of town — But somehow we walked them both back down. Can’t change time, can’t change scars — But we can carry each other this far. Yeah, the past don’t matter now — We’re standing here, somehow, On the long way home.