It's Such A Long Way Home - Chris De Burgh

Sitting by the window of this broken-down hotel

Trying to write a letter just to show you that I’m well

But I’ve been watching all the people as they cross the marketplace

And though there really is no reason, I’ve been looking for your face

It’s such a long way home

It’s such a long way home;

It’s such a long way;

Standing by the aeroplane she held me in her arms

And then she whispered «Oh dear Lord don’t let him come to any harm»;

And as we turned to fly away I saw her standing on her own

It seemed her hand was waving not goodbye but «Please come home»

It’s such a long way home

It’s such a long way home

It’s such a long way;

Oh so many people have to travel away

From the ones that they love and they need

But I want to tell you that all your life

You can depend on me;

Far away a saxophone lingers on a tune

And it’s the kind of song that someone wrote for lovers and a moon

And as the band begins to play it, with a shock I realize

That it’s a song we sang together and it nearly makes me cry

It’s such a long way home

It’s such a long way home

It’s such a long way home

It’s such a long way, yes, such a long way home