A Long Way Home

When I was a kid, I enjoyed the songs of Tom Chapin.  There was one in particular that I ALWAYS think of when Hubby and I are traveling to get back home.

It's all about a man trying to get home and all the obstacles that get in his way... and he sings, "It's a long long long long long way home."

Yesterday, with 1350 miles in 23 hours with 1 husband, 1 baby, 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 truck... it really was a long long long long long way home.


 
Long Way Home
Tom Chapin

I was comin' home, on a yellow bus,

When the bus broke down, and stranded us,

Comin' home on a yellow bus,

When the bus broke down and stranded us.

It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I hopped a train, comin' down the line.

The caboose came loose, I got left behind.

Hopped a train, comin' down the line,

Caboose came loose, I got left behind.

It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I found a boat, by the river bank,
But we struck a rock, and we promptly sank.

Found a boat by the river bank,

but we struck a rock and we promptly sank.

It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I got picked up, by a submarine,

But they left me off, in the Philippines.

Got picked up by a submarine,

They left me ff in the Philippines,

It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I took a jet, but I couldn't pay,

So they threw me out, of the cargo bay.

Took a jet, but I couldn't pay,

So they threw me out of the cargo bay.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

My parachute, kept me safe from harm,

And I landed in a tree, on the neighbors' farm.

My parachute kept m safe from harm,

landed in a tree on the neighbors' farm.
It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I jumped a horse, but it threw a shoe,

And I had to walk, back home to you.

So I jumped a horse but it threw a shoe,
and I had to walk back home to you.

It was a long, long, long, long, long way home.

So I'm sorry, Mom, that I'm home so late,

And that dinner's cold, and I made you wait.

Sorry, Mom, that I'm home so late,

And that dinner's cold, and I made you wait.

It was just a long, long, long, long, long way home.